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. 1976 Jan 15;154(1):23–29. doi: 10.1042/bj1540023

The effect of polyamines on the synthesis of ribonucleic acid by Drosophila melanogaster larvae.

C V Byus, E J Herbst
PMCID: PMC1172671  PMID: 819009

Abstract

1. To elucidate further the possible role of polyamines in the synthesis of nuclei acids, a study of the effect of exogenously administered amines on the synthesis of RNA by Drosophila melanogaster larvae was undertaken. This system was chosen because of the previous investigations [Dion, A.S. & Herbst, E.J. (1967) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 58, 2367-2371; Herbst, E.J. & Dion, A.S. (1970) Fed. Proc. Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol. 29, 1563-1567] relating putrescine and spermidine to growth and development of Drosophila.

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