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IN the organism, B. megaterium, it is possible to separate from the cytoplasm a nuclear fraction which contains all the DNA of the cell, some protein and about 3 per cent of the cellular RNA1. It has been found that the DNA polymerase is present both in the nuclear fraction and in the cytoplasm, but the whole of the RNA polymerase is present in the nuclear fraction2.
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BUTLER, J. A Possible Mechanism of Synthesis of Nucleic Acids. Nature 199, 68–69 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199068b0
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