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. 1971 Nov;68(11):2716–2719. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.11.2716

Synthesis of α and β Chains of Rabbit Hemoglobin in a Cell-Free Extract from Krebs II Ascites Cells

David Housman 1, Russell Pemberton 1, Robert Taber 1
PMCID: PMC389508  PMID: 5288249

Abstract

An RNA sedimenting at 10 S, with a molecular weight of 2.3 × 105, was isolated from rabbit reticylocyte polyribosomes. When this RNA is added to a cell-free extract from Krebs II ascites cells, both α and β chains of rabbit hemoglobin are synthesized; β chains are made in about 50% excess over α chains.

Keywords: CM-cellulose, tryptic peptides, Sephadex, 10S RNA

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