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D Lange

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Molecular weights, poly(A)--content, and partial separation of chick globin mRNAs.

Poly(A)-containing 9S RNA from chick reticulocytes was electrophoresed on formamide-polyacrylamide gels. The molecular weight was determined to be 211 000 +/- 10 000 daltons. The RNA was separated into three different fractions with respect to molecular weight. These RNAs were translated in a wheat germ cell-free system. The lower molecular weight RNA directed up to 95% alpha-chain synthesis, compared to 60% for the higher molecular weight RNA. This was accompanied by a relative increase for beta-chain synthesis with increasing molecular weight. It could also be shown by hybridization with labelled poly(U) that the average poly(A) length decreased from about 83 nucleotides for fraction I to 36 nucleotides for fraction III. Our results suggest that fractionation of avian 9 S globin mRNA by electrophoresis on formamide-polyacrylamide gels is dependent upon two parameters, namely differences in the lengths of the non-poly(A)-containing portion of the alpha and beta mRNAs and differences in the poly(A) lengths.

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[Ca and P metabolism in the skeletal system of the dairy cow as shown in histometric follow-up studies on the substantia spongiosa of the tuber coxae].

1. Histometric follow-up checks of the Substantia spongiosa of Tuber coxae in dairy cows have shown the trabecular percentage of the skeleton to decline continuously from the onset of lactation and to reach its lowest point in the last third of the lactation period. This was followed by some rise up to the next lactation, but the original values were not restored. 2. The percentage of spongiosa trabeculae, consequently, drops along with growing age, and so does the absolute trabecular surface. 3. No unambiguous dependence of trabecular surface on milk yield was established. 4. The results obtained from the above checks are discussed with reference to the physiological dynamics of the bone system as a mobile store of minerals. Some of the aspects mentioned are of greater relevance to practice.

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