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Science 27 December 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3600, pp. 1675 - 1677
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3600.1675
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Ribosomes and Ribonucleic Acids in Three Morphological States of Neurospora

Henry R. Henney Jr. 1 and Roger Storck 1

1 Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin

Dormant ascospores contain the same ribosomal population as growing hyphae and resting conidia. This conclusion is based on analyses of sedimentation coefficients and of nucleotide composition of ribosomes, ribosomal RNA, and soluble RNA. Thus dormancy is not characterized by the absence of the important parts of the protein-synthesizing apparatus.

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