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Kinetic studies of the synthesis and degradation of mRNA in wild type E. coli and strains with nonsense mutations in the trp operon suggest that genetic polarity may result from degradation of mRNA, prematurely exposed to attack by exo and endoribonucleases.
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MORSE, D., YANOFSKY, C. Polarity and the Degradation of mRNA. Nature 224, 329–331 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224329a0
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