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Published on: March 18, 2014
Declining procollagen mRNA sequences in chick embryo fibroblasts infected with rous sarcoma virus. Correlation with
Abstract:
Chick cells infected with Rous sarcoma virus are characterized by a wide variety of changes known collectively as transformation. Among these are decreases in the level of procollagen biosynthesis and in the level of procollagen mRNA. In this communication, we examine the time course of the decrease in procollagen biosynthesis, as measured by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and collagenase assay, and compare it with the decrease in procollagen mRNA sequences measured by hybridization to a complementary DNA. Procollagen biosynthesis and procollagen mRNA sequences decrease simultaneously after infection. Even the initial decrease in procollagen biosynthesis, therefore, is due to a decline in the level of procollagen mRNA.
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