title: Characterization of nuclear and chromatin poly A-containing RNA.
abstract: Poly A-containing RNA was isolated from Novikoff hepatoma cell chromatin on nitrocellulose membrane filters after the cells were labeled with 32P-orthophosphate for 6 hours. Under denaturing conditions, the poly A-containing chromatin RNA had a sedimentation coefficient of approximately 8-18S. The presence of poly A tracts in the chromatin RNA fractions indicate that poly A addition occurs almost immediately after transcription. Poly A-containing chromatin RNA and nuclear RNA were approximately 1/5 as active as cytoplasmic poly A-containing RNA in the wheat germ translational system. Since chromatin poly A-containing RNA is the precursor of cytoplasmic poly A-containing RNA, further processing of this RNA prior to its attachment to polysomes may account for its increase in translational capacity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D011061:Poly A / Q000032:analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D011061:Poly A