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Science 26 February 1993:
Vol. 259. no. 5099, pp. 1330 - 1335
DOI: 10.1126/science.8446902

Articles

Science, Vol 259, Issue 5099, 1330-1335
Copyright © 1993 by American Association for the Advancement of Science


articles

A three-dimensional view of precursor messenger RNA metabolism within the mammalian nucleus

KC Carter, D Bowman, W Carrington, K Fogarty, JA McNeil, FS Fay, and JB Lawrence

Department of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center,Worcester 01655.

A quantitative three-dimensional analysis of nuclear components involved in precursor messenger RNA metabolism was performed with a combination of fluorescence hybridization, immunofluorescence, and digital imaging microscopy. Polyadenylate [poly(A)] RNA-rich transcript domains were discrete, internal nuclear regions that formed a ventrally positioned horizontal array in monolayer cells. A dimmer, sometimes strand-like, poly(A) RNA signal was dispersed throughout the nucleoplasm. Spliceosome assembly factor SC-35 localized within the center of individual domains. These data support a nuclear model in which there is a specific topological arrangement of noncontiguous centers involved in precursor messenger RNA metabolism, from which RNA transport toward the nuclear envelope radiates.


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