title: Initiation of histone synthesis by f-met-tRNAf in an ascites cell-free system.
abstract: Formyl-[(35)S]methionine is incorporated into histones synthesized by a mouse ascites cell-free system supplemented with histone mRNA and f-[(35)S]met-tRNAf from yeast. Most of the [(35)S]methionine incorporated can be shown to be at the N-terminus by Edman degradation after deformylation. This indicates that methionine can be used as the initiator amino acid for histones in this cell-free system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139, Cambridge, Mass., USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jacobs-Lorena
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baglioni