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. 1966 Jun;41(6):976–982. doi: 10.1104/pp.41.6.976

Association of D-RNA with Polyribosomes in the Soybean Root 1,2

C Y Lin 1, Joe L Key 1, C E Bracker 1
PMCID: PMC1086462  PMID: 16656365

Abstract

Ribosomes from soybean root tips were shown to consist of about 75% polyribosomes based on size distribution on sucrose gradients. Electronmicrographs showed the presence of ribosome clusters in normal preparations and only monomers and dimers in ribonuclease-treated preparations. The polyribosome preparations, but not single ribosomes, showed good in vitro amino acid incorporating activity.

D-RNA was associated with the ribosome preparations, and preferentially in the polyribosome structure. It is suggested that at least a part of the soybean D-RNA represents a class of messenger RNA.

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