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. 1966 Dec;101(3):721–726. doi: 10.1042/bj1010721

Thermal stability of ribosomal ribonucleic acid from baby hamster kidney cells

S J Martin 1
PMCID: PMC1270179  PMID: 16742451

Abstract

1. RNA has been prepared from baby hamster kidney cells by extraction with a phenol–EDTA mixture and further purified by passing through a column of Sephadex G-25 that had been equilibrated with water. 2. Aging of the total RNA extracts at 4° or heating at 95° followed by rapid cooling caused a conversion of 28s RNA into material sedimenting in sucrose gradients at approx. 18s. 3. When heated RNA was re-extracted with phenol the sedimentation profile was not returned to that of the unheated RNA. 4. The 28s and 18s RNA fractions were collected separately from sucrose gradients by precipitation with 2vol. of ethanol and passed through a Sephadex G-25 column equilibrated with water. 5. Heat treatment of purified 28s RNA at 95° caused the sedimentation coefficient to increase to approx. 40s, whereas similar treatment of 18s RNA caused no significant increase. If the RNA was heated before the Sephadex G-25 treatment the sedimentation coefficient of the 28s and 18s RNA decreased to approx. 12s and 8s. 6. Heating mixtures of purified 28s and 18s RNA at 95° caused some aggregation of 18s material with the 28s fraction.

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