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  • Title: Morphology of nucleolar cistrons in a plant cell, Acetabularia mediterranea.
    Author: Trendelenburg MF, Spring H, Scheer U, Franke WW.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1974 Sep; 71(9):3626-30. PubMed ID: 4610581.
    Abstract:
    The structural organization of transcriptionally active DNA that contains cistrons for precursor molecules of ribosomal RNA is described in positively stained spread preparations from nuclei and nucleoli isolated from the green alga, Acetabularia mediterranea Lmx. These nuclei contain large aggregates of nucleolar subunits in which fibril-covered regions, the putative active cistrons for precursors of ribosomal RNA, alternate with fibril-free intercepts, the "spacers." The length distribution of the different intercepts of this DNA is given, and the pattern is compared with those shown in animal cell systems. The data are discussed in relation to problems of transcription and of amplification of ribosomal RNA genes.
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