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Mitotic Inhibition and Nucleic Acid Synthesis in Amoeba Nuclei

Nature New Biology volume 231, pages 91–93 (1971)Cite this article

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SEVERAL strains of large mononucleate amoebae contain specific proteins which inhibit mitosis and eventually kill amoebae of strains other than their own1,2. We now describe experiments to show that this lethal antimitotic factor (AF) inhibits RNA synthesis when injected into susceptible cells.

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    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 37916

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JEON, K., LORCH, I. Mitotic Inhibition and Nucleic Acid Synthesis in Amoeba Nuclei. Nature New Biology 231, 91–93 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231091a0

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