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Synthesis of 5S Ribosomal RNA in Escherichia coli after Rifampicin Treatment

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Experiments involving rifampicin show that 5S RNA is generated from a transcription unit carrying between thirteen and thirty times the amount of genetic information necessary for the production of one molecule.

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  1. National Jewish Hospital and Research Centre and Department of Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, 80206

    W. FORD DOOLITTLE & NORMAN R. PACE

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DOOLITTLE, W., PACE, N. Synthesis of 5S Ribosomal RNA in Escherichia coli after Rifampicin Treatment. Nature 228, 125–129 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228125a0

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