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Nucleopores and Polyribosome Formation

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WHILE carrying out electron microscope studies of pollen development in Tradescantia bracteata we have made observations from sections of glutaraldehyde/osmic fixed material which seem relevant to the problem of the mechanism of release of ribosomes from the nucleus.

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MEPHAM, R., LANE, G. Nucleopores and Polyribosome Formation. Nature 221, 288–289 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221288a0

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