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Abstract
The effect of toxin on the incorporation of uridine and thymidine into nucleic acids was investigated. P(32) orthophosphate incorporation into the nucleoside phosphate fraction was also investigated. No early effect of toxin on nucleic acid synthesis was evident and only a slight effect of toxin on nucleoside phosphate formation was found prior to 1.5 hours after toxin addition. Both these processes, however, were found to be sensitive to dinitrophenol. These results are interpreted as indicating that toxin does not act by a general uncoupling of oxidation from phosphorylation. Other possible mechanisms of toxin action are proposed.Entities:
Year: 1960 PMID: 19867174 PMCID: PMC2137219 DOI: 10.1084/jem.112.2.351
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307