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The relationship between precursor and mature forms of the 23 S ribosomal RNA

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Oligonucleotide fingerprinting shows the precursor form of the 23S ribosomal RNA fromBacillus megaterium to be larger than its mature counterpart, by some 8 percent, or approximately 250 nucleotides. It can further be shown that the 23SrRNA precursor doesnot contain the 5SrRNA sequence, as had been previously suggested.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, 131 Burrill Hall, 61801, Urbana, Illinois, USA

    M. L. Sogin & C. R. Woese

  2. National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA

    B. Pace & N. R. Pace

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Sogin, M.L., Woese, C.R., Pace, B. et al. The relationship between precursor and mature forms of the 23 S ribosomal RNA. J Mol Evol 2, 167–174 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01653996

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