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A Periodicity of Tritiated-thymidine Incorporation into Cytoplasmic Deoxyribonucleic Acid during the Cell Cycle of Tetrahymena pyriformis

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REPORTS indicate that 3H-thymidine is incorporated into a DNase-sensitive material in the cytoplasm of the ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis1–5. It is now known that most of this cytoplasmic DNA is localized inside the mitochondria of this species1. Furthermore, this cytoplasmic DNA appears to be stable and conserved during cell growth and reproduction1,4.

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CAMERON, I. A Periodicity of Tritiated-thymidine Incorporation into Cytoplasmic Deoxyribonucleic Acid during the Cell Cycle of Tetrahymena pyriformis. Nature 209, 630–631 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/209630b0

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