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Properties and Composition of the Isolated Ribosomal DNA Satellite of Xenopus laevis

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Isolated polycistronic ribosomal DNA of Xenopus laevis is internally heterogeneous in GC content, but contains few basic nucleotide sequences. These are the 28S and 18S ribosomal DNA complements and DNA which does not code for stable ribosomal RNA. The 28S and 18S ribosomal cistrons alternate with one another and are integrated in the ribosomal DNA together with DNA of high GC content.

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  2. Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh,

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BIRNSTIEL, M., SPEIRS, J., PURDOM, I. et al. Properties and Composition of the Isolated Ribosomal DNA Satellite of Xenopus laevis. Nature 219, 454–463 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219454a0

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