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Phytohaemagglutinin stimulates the synthesis of the 45S ribosomal precursor in lymphocytes without concomitant protein synthesis; it also decreases the loss of newly synthesized 18S RNA that normally takes place in these cells at rest.
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COOPER, H. Control of Synthesis and Wastage of Ribosomal RNA in Lymphocytes. Nature 227, 1105–1107 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271105a0
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