The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology
Online ISSN : 1349-8037
Print ISSN : 0022-1260
ISSN-L : 0022-1260
CONSERVED PORTION IN BACTERIAL RIBOSOMAL RNA
HIDEO TAKAHASHIHIUGA SAITOYONOSUKE IKEDA
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1969 Volume 15 Issue 2 Pages 209-216

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The conserved portion in bacterial ribosomal RNA was studied by the DNA-RNA hybridization method. The hybridization percentages were as follows: Bacillus subtilis DNA and B. subtilis 23S rRNA, 0.16; Escherichia coli DNA and E. coli 23S rRNA, 0.15; B. subtilis DNA and E. coli 23S rRNA, 0.03; E. coli DNA and B. subtilis 23S rRNA, 0.04. The RNA's extracted from the heterologous hybrids could be rehybridized with DNA's of B. subtilis and E. coli. The average chain lengths of the RNA's were estimated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation and Sephadex gel filtration. The results suggested that the size might be larger than 30 nucleotides.
Nucleotide compositions of the RNA's in the hybrids w ere also studied. Both RNA's contained higher molar percentages of guanylic acid and cytidylic acid than the whole rRNA's.

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