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. 1972 Apr;110(1):179–185. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.1.179-185.1972

Stimulation of Unbalanced Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Escherichia coli by Methanol

George T Javor 1
PMCID: PMC247396  PMID: 4552987

Abstract

Addition of methanol to a stringent strain of Escherichia coli, starving of methionine, stimulates unbalanced ribonucleic acid (RNA) synthesis. The newly formed RNA and ribonucleoprotein species sediment between 4S and 30S. As a result of methanol treatment, cells become permeable to actinomycin D. Damage to cellular membrane appears to influence the control for RNA synthesis.

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