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. 1991 May;11(5):2905–2908. doi: 10.1128/mcb.11.5.2905

Is 20S RNA naked?

W R Widner 1, Y Matsumoto 1, R B Wickner 1
PMCID: PMC360083  PMID: 2017185

Abstract

The 20S RNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a single-stranded, circular RNA virus. A previous study suggested that this RNA is part of a 32S ribonucleoprotein particle, being associated with multiple copies of a 23-kilodalton protein. We show here that this protein is, in fact, the chromosome-encoded heat shock protein Hsp26. Furthermore, it is apparently not associated with 20S RNA and plays no obvious role in the life cycle of the virus.

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