Specific regions of beta-globin RNA are resistant to nuclease digestion in RNA-protein complexes in chicken reticulocyte nuclei.
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Patton, J R
RESUMO
The interaction between beta-globin RNA and proteins in chicken reticulocyte nuclei was studied by determining the sequence of nuclease-resistant beta-globin RNA. Two types of nuclease-resistant RNAs were isolated for this study: endogenous nuclease-resistant RNA from 50S heterogeneous nuclear RNA-protein complexes and micrococcal nuclease-resistant nuclear RNA from whole nuclei. The nuclease-resistant regions were identified with the use of a RNA mapping method we recently developed (J.R. Patton and C.-B. Chae, J. Biol. Chem. 258:3991-3995, 1983). We found that beta-globin RNA is assembled into heterogeneous nuclear RNA-protein complexes in a specific manner. There are several regions of nuclease resistance in the first and third exons interrupted at regular intervals by sensitive regions. The second exon has only one nuclease-resistant region. The resistant regions range in size from 20 to 50 nucleotides. This organization may reflect a specific mode of assembly for heterogeneous nuclear RNA-protein complexes.
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