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IT is known that incorporation of ammo-acids into protein by ribosomes is dependent on RNA, and thus sensitive to RNase1. It is believed that this incorporation requires a ‘messenger RNA’, which may have a nucleolar origin2.
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BRENTANI, M., BRENTANI, R. & RAW, I. Role of Nucleolar Ribonucleic Acid in Incorporation of Ribosomal Amino-acid. Nature 201, 1130 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011130a0
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