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. 1998 Feb;180(3):457–463. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.3.457-463.1998

TABLE 3.

Ratio of incorporation of [14C]purine bases into AMP to that of incorporation into GMP of RNAa

Purine added AMP/GMP incorporation ratio
H. volcanii H. halobium
Adenine 1.23 ± 0.05 0.92 ± 0.05
Guanine 0.24 ± 0.01 <0.01
Hypoxanthine 0.67 ± 0.05 0.64 ± 0.06
a

Cells were grown in liquid medium. Incorporation was determined as described in Materials and Methods. Values are means of three experiments ± standard deviations.