PRODUCTION OF MESSENGER-RNA IN CHINESE-HAMSTER CELLS - RELATIONSHIP OF THE RATE OF SYNTHESIS TO THE CYTOPLASMIC CONCENTRATION OF 9 SPECIFIC MESSENGER-RNA SEQUENCES
PRODUCTION OF MESSENGER-RNA IN CHINESE-HAMSTER CELLS - RELATIONSHIP OF THE RATE OF SYNTHESIS TO THE CYTOPLASMIC CONCENTRATION OF 9 SPECIFIC MESSENGER-RNA SEQUENCES
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DOI:
10.1016/0092-8674(79)90341-6
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
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影响因子:
64.5
通讯作者:
DARNELL, JE
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作者:
HARPOLD, MM;EVANS, RM;DARNELL, JE
Cloned DNA sequences complementary to unselected mRNA [poly(A)+ cytoplasmic RNA] were constructed from Chinese hamster ovary [CHO] cells and used them in RNA:DNA hybridization experiments. Each cloned DNA hybridized a single mRNA from 1.3-3.5 kb [kilobase] in length. The relative rates of labeling (transcription rates) of nuclear RNA complementary to each individual DNA segment varied .apprx. 10-fold. The relative cytoplasmic concentration of the same specific RNA sequences in the mRNA after an equilibrium labeling of the cells varied .apprx. 100-fold. The sizes of the nuclear RNA precursor molecules to these cytoplasmic mRNA were also estimated. The primary RNA transcripts, which range in size from 2.4-13.5 kb, are 2-6 times larger than the mRNA; each cloned DNA segment is complementary to only 1 species of mRNA; for the RNA complementary to at least 3 of the 9 cloned DNA segments, the relative cytoplasmic content is considerably different from the relative rate of nuclear RNA synthesis, suggesting that post-transcriptional events are involved in the determination of the cytoplasmic concentrations of some mammalian mRNA; and the fraction of total nonribosomal nuclear RNA complementary to 9 cloned DNA segments is in most cases 10-fold less than the fraction of cytoplasmic mRNA complementary to the same cloned DNA segments, suggesting the synthesis of many hn[heterogenous nuclear]RNA molecules that are qualitatively different from those which eventually contribute mRNA to the cytoplasm.