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IN a recent paper1, I described the isolation of nuclei of erythrocytes from the blood of some Brazilian snakes and reported their content in desoxyribose-nucleic acid and other constituents. Hammarsten2 found that the nuclei of the erythrocyte of the hen contain a small percentage (values not reported) of ribosenucleic acid. Therefore it seemed to be of interest to know whether ribosenucleic acid is also present in the nuclei of the blood of snakes.
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VILLELA, G. Ribosenucleic Acid in Snake Erythrocyte Nuclei. Nature 164, 667 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164667a0
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