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Effects of an Imprinting Procedure on Regional Incorporation of Tritiated Uracil into Chick Brain RNA

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WE have demonstrated previously that an imprinting procedure influences the rate of incorporation of aminoacid into acid insoluble substances in the upper part of the chick's forebrain1. In so far as changes in incorporation rate reflect changes in the rate of protein synthesis, these should be reflected also in an altered rate of RNA production. In addition, the time sequence of events at the biochemical level within the brain should be one in which an increase in RNA production should precede the increase in protein. We describe here the effects of varying amounts of exposure to an imprinting stimulus on the incorporation of tritiated uracil into RNA of different regions of chick brain.

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  1. Department of Biology, Open University, Walton, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire

    S. P. R. ROSE

  2. Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge,

    P. P. G. BATESON

  3. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge,

    ANN L. D. HORN & G. HORN

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ROSE, S., BATESON, P., HORN, A. et al. Effects of an Imprinting Procedure on Regional Incorporation of Tritiated Uracil into Chick Brain RNA. Nature 225, 650–651 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225650a0

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