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Analysis of Axoplasmic RNA from Invertebrate Giant Axons

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Protein synthesis seems unlikely in axoplasm from the giant axons of the polychaete, Myxicola, and the squid, Loligo, as 4S RNA is present but little or no rRNA.

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    RAYMOND J. LASEK, CARLA DABROWSKI & RUTH NORDLANDER

  2. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts

    RAYMOND J. LASEK, CARLA DABROWSKI & RUTH NORDLANDER

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LASEK, R., DABROWSKI, C. & NORDLANDER, R. Analysis of Axoplasmic RNA from Invertebrate Giant Axons. Nature New Biology 244, 162–165 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio244162a0

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