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Expression of mouse and frog rRNA genes: transcription and processing

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Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Growth

Part of the book series: Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry ((DMCB,volume 7))

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This article summarizes a number of lines of investigation of rRNA gene expression that are ongoing in the laboratory. These studies focus on mouse and frog, two distant vertebrate species. One major conclusion is that the basic properties of rRNA gene expression appear remarkably well conserved in evolution, with only relatively minor perturbations between frog and mouse, contrary to the common interpretation of the species-selectivety between mouse and human rDNA transcription (e.g., 1). This is true both for the process of rDNA transcription and for the subsequent rRNA processing event.

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    Present address: Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA

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Sollner-Webb, B. et al. (1991). Expression of mouse and frog rRNA genes: transcription and processing. In: Morgan, H.E. (eds) Molecular Mechanisms of Cellular Growth. Developments in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3886-8_18

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