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Relationship between polyamine accumulation and RNA biosynthesis and content during the cell cycle

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Polyamine accumulation was related to RNA biosynthesis and content during the cell cycle of CHO-K1 and HeLa cells. The highest correlations were observed between polyamine accumulation and RNA content. Feeding, serumstarved cultures of embryonic chick fibroblasts, which exhibit a 3-fold increase in RNA content, demonstrated that RNA content was most closely paralleled by spermidine content.

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    Present address: Department of Histology and Cell Biology (Medical), University of Liverpool, P. O. Box 147, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK

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I acknowledge the receipt of a Medical Research Council studentship.

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Goyns, M.H. Relationship between polyamine accumulation and RNA biosynthesis and content during the cell cycle. Experientia 37, 34–35 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965553

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