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. 1969 Jan;97(1):27–31. doi: 10.1128/jb.97.1.27-31.1969

Ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid Maturation During Bacterial Spore Germination

Michael Bleyman 1, Carl Woese 1
PMCID: PMC249538  PMID: 4974393

Abstract

All the ribosomal ribonucleic acid made during the early stages of germination of spores of Bacillus subtilis is of the “precursor” type, i.e., that type appearing in the incomplete forms of the ribosome. Shortly before the onset of deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis in germination, this precursor ribonucleic acid changed to the mature ribosomal ribonucleic acid characteristic of the 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits.

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