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. 1980 Apr 11;8(7):1643–1660. doi: 10.1093/nar/8.7.1643

Frequency distribution of pre-messenger RNA sequences in polyadenylated and non-polyadenylated nuclear RNA from Friend cells.

A Balmain, A J Minty, G D Birnie
PMCID: PMC324022  PMID: 7433127

Abstract

Hybridisation of cDNA probes for abundant and rare polysomal polyadenylated RNAs with polyadenylated and non-polyadenylated nuclear RNA from Friend cells indicated that the abundant polysomal polyadenylated RNA sequences were present at a higher concentration in the nucleus than rare polysomal sequences, but at a reduced range of concentrations. The ratio of the concentrations of abundant and rare sequences was about 3 in non-polyadenylated nuclear RNA, 9 in polyadenylated nuclear RNA and 13 in polysomal polyadenylated RNA. This suggests that polyadenylation may play a role in the quantitative selection of sequences for transport to the cytoplasm. Polyadenylation cannot be the only signal for transport, since a highly complex population of nucleus-confined polyadenylated molecules exists, each of which is present on average at less than one copy per cell.

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