[A comparative study of the nonhistone chromosomal proteins (pp23) from rat and bull kidneys]

The bovine nonhistone protein pp23 differs from that of rat origin both immunologically (precipitation, specific interaction with monoclonal antibodies to rat pp23) and functionally (capability to stimulate expression of hetero-organic antigens on the membrane of intact hepatocytes cultured in suspension). These differences, however, are not recognized in the experiments on stimulation of DNA synthesis in Swiss 3T3 cell resting culture, when a more general cell function (proliferation) is dealt with, rather than a narrow specific one, such as synthesis of tumor-associated hetero-organic antigen of kidney origin.