title: Rapid important paper Messenger RNA in squid axoplasm.
abstract: Using a translation assay we have shown that the axoplasm of the squid giant axon contains significant amounts of mRNA coding for a heterogeneous group of prot sets of proteins specified by glial and neuronal perikaryal mRNA. Messenger RNA is associated with the "microsomal" fraction of the axoplasm. The possible involvement of axoplasmic mRNA in protein synthesis remains to be ascertained. It is known that axoplasmic proteins are synthesized by the isolated giant axon, presumably by the surrounding glia cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Naples, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giuditta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santella