The size of poly(A)-containing RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster embryos
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Biochemical Genetics
- Vol. 14 (3-4), 357-371
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00484774
Abstract
The size range of poly(A)-containing RNA from Drosophila melanogaster embryos has been estimated by hybridization with 3H-labeled poly(U) and subsequent fractionation on sucrose gradients. The median size of nuclear poly(A)-containing RNA is about 30 S (6000 nucleotides), and the median size of cytoplasmic poly(A)-containing RNA is about 17 S (1800 nucleotides). The relationship of these sizes to messenger RNA needed to code for protein and to the length of DNA contained in a chromomere is discussed.This publication has 40 references indexed in Scilit:
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