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. 1969 May;63(1):129–134. doi: 10.1073/pnas.63.1.129

A FACTOR PROMOTING THE INITIATION OF GLOBIN SYNTHESIS IN A RABBIT RETICULOCYTE CELL-FREE SYSTEM*

Joseph E Fuhr 1, Irving M London 1, Arthur I Grayzel 1,†
PMCID: PMC534011  PMID: 5257958

Abstract

The synthesis of globin has been studied in a reticulocyte cell-free system in which the initiation of polypeptide chain synthesis can proceed for as long as ten minutes of incubation. With this system, we have found evidence for a soluble factor in the reticulocyte that stimulates protein synthesis and appears to act by promoting initiation.

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