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R A Graves, W F Marzluff, D H Giebelhaus, G A Schultz.
Abstract
There are large amounts of histone mRNA present in mouse eggs. These RNAs are rapidly degraded, as are other mRNAs, after fertilization and prior to the second cleavage. During cleavage, the histone mRNA accumulates as the embryo divides. The same sets of histone genes are expressed in eggs and embryos, although there are large qualitative differences in the amounts of particular histone mRNAs. The function of the egg histone mRNA is unknown. The amount of histone mRNA in cleaving and blastocyst embryos is probably sufficient to code for the blastocyst histone proteins.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3862090 PMCID: PMC390616 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.17.5685
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205