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Adult albino rabbits were injected into one eye with (3H) uridine. At various time intervals following the injections the amount of RNA-bound and acid soluble radioactivity was measured in the retrobulbar optic pathway. Evidence was obtained for a relatively slow transport of a small amount of macromolecular RNA along the axons of the retinal ganglion cells down to the nerve terminals.
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Jarlstedt, J., Karlsson, J.O. Evidence for axonal transport of RNA in mammalian neurons. Exp Brain Res 16, 501–506 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00234476
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