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RNA Synthesis in Normal Leucocytes, Leukaemia and Macroglobulinaemia

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DIFFERENCES in the sedimentation characteristics and incorporation of radioactive precursors in the RNA of HeLa cells, ascites tumour cells and rat liver tissue have been reported1–3. Marks et al.4, in the course of extensive studies on RNA synthesis in reticulocytes, reported that rapidly-labelled RNA was absent from reticulocytes while it could be detected in leucocytes from normal subjects and patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia5. The present report describes patterns of RNA synthesis in the leucocytes from patients with leukaemia or macro-globulinaemia and from normal subjects.

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  1. ROBERT SILBER: Career Scientist of the Health Research Council of the City of New York.

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SILBER, R., UNGER, K. & GROOMS, R. RNA Synthesis in Normal Leucocytes, Leukaemia and Macroglobulinaemia. Nature 205, 1211–1212 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051211a0

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