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Particulate Form of DNA Polymerase in Rat Brain

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THE amount of DNA in rat brain was reported to be maximal at 16–18 days after birth1–3, and in the adult brain to exhibit little or no DNA synthesis and little DNA polymerase activity3–6. We have found in adult rat brain nuclei, however, a very high DNA polymerase activity in a particulate form, and this activity cannot usually be detected7.

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CHIU, JF., SUNG, S. Particulate Form of DNA Polymerase in Rat Brain. Nature New Biology 239, 176–178 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio239176a0

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