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Development, Vol 101, Issue 4 741-749, Copyright © 1987 by Company of Biologists
JOURNAL ARTICLES |
DR Crawford and JD Richter
Cell Biology Group, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 01545.
Monoclonal antibodies directed against an RNA-binding protein from Xenopus oocytes were used to immunoselect messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) particles. RNA was extracted from both the immunoselected and nonselected fractions and was used to direct the synthesis of oligo (dT)-primed 32P-cDNA. These two cDNA preparations were then used to probe Xenopus stage-1 oocyte cDNA libraries to identify sequences that had been specifically coimmunoselected by the antibodies. Three cDNA clones were shown to be derived specifically from the antibody-selected mRNPs. During very early oogenesis (stage 1-2), the RNA-binding protein and the three coselected mRNAs sediment in the nontranslating mRNP region of a sucrose gradient. By oocyte stage 6, the binding protein concentration decreases by as much as 22-fold relative to polyadenylated RNA. At this stage of development, the three mRNAs are found predominantly in the polysome region of a sucrose gradient. These data demonstrate that Xenopus oocytes contain an RNA-binding protein which binds specific message sequences and may regulate their expression.
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