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Nuclear Control of a Cytoplasmic Enzyme in Acetabularia

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In four different species of Dasycladaceae (Acetabularia) the isozyme pattern of malic dehydrogenase was found to be species specific. Interspecific nuclear transfers changed the isozyme patterns of the recipient species to that of the nuclear donor species.

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SCHWEIGER, H., MASTER, R. & WERZ, G. Nuclear Control of a Cytoplasmic Enzyme in Acetabularia. Nature 216, 554–557 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216554a0

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