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The Differential Synthesis and Degradation of Ribosomal DNA during the Vegetative Cell Cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardi

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A model is proposed relating rDNA metabolism in Chlamydomonas with nucleolar breakdown and formation during a single cell cycle.

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HOWELL, S. The Differential Synthesis and Degradation of Ribosomal DNA during the Vegetative Cell Cycle in Chlamydomonas reinhardi. Nature New Biology 240, 264–267 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio240264a0

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