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. 1982 Apr;2(4):450–456. doi: 10.1128/mcb.2.4.450

Oligoadenylate is present in the mitochondrial RNA of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

P D Yuckenberg, S L Phillips
PMCID: PMC369809  PMID: 7050672

Abstract

We examined Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial RNA for polyadenylate. Using hybridization to [3H]polyuridylate as the assay for adenylate sequences, we found adenylate-rich oligonucleotides approximately 8 residues long. Longer polyadenylate was not detected. Most of the adenylate-rich sequence is associated with the large mitochondrial rRNA. The remainder is associated with the 10-12S group of transcripts.

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