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M D Enger

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RNA synthesis in Chinese hamster cells. II. Increase in rate of RNA synthesis during G1.

Cultures of mitotic Chinese hamster cells, prepared by mechanical selection, were pulse-labeled with methionine-methyl-(14)C or with uridine-(3)H at different stages in the life cycle. The rate of (14)C incorporation into 18S RNA was measured, as was the rate of uridine-(3)H incorporation into total RNA for both monolayer and suspension cultures. The rate of incorporation increased continuously throughout interphase in a fashion inconsistent with a gene-dosage effect upon RNA synthesis.

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RNA synthesis in Chinese hamster cells. I. Differential synthetic rate for ribosomal RNA in early and late interphase.

The incorporation of methionine-methyl-(14)C into 18S ribosomal RNA of cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells in early and late interphase has been determined by zone-sedimentation analysis of phenol-extracted RNA preparations. Synchronized cell cultures were prepared for these studies by thymidine treatment and by mechanical selection of mitotic cells. The specific activity of 18S RNA labeled in late interphase was found to be 1.1-1.2 times that of 18S RNA labeled in early interphase. Upon correction for increase in RNA mass, the rate of methylation of 18S RNA in late interphase is about 1.9 times that in early interphase.

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