Synthesis of Messenger RNA and Chromosome Structure in the Cellular Slime Mold

Harvey F Lodish; Allan Jacobson; Richard Firtel; Tom Alton; Jessica Tuchman

doi:10.1073/pnas.71.12.5103

. 1974 Dec;71(12):5103–5108. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.12.5103

Synthesis of Messenger RNA and Chromosome Structure in the Cellular Slime Mold^{^*}

Harvey F Lodish ¹, Allan Jacobson ^1,^†, Richard Firtel ^1,^‡, Tom Alton ¹, Jessica Tuchman ^1,^§

PMCID: PMC434048 PMID: 4531041

Abstract

This paper summarizes our knowledge of the structure and biosynthesis of messenger RNA in the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, the arrangement of DNA sequences in the Dictyostelium chromosome, and the changes in the pattern of predominant polypeptides synthesized during Dictyostelium development.

Keywords: Dictyostelium discoideum, RNA and protein synthesis, poly(A)