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Studies were performed to determine whether vitellogenin mRNA from avian liver has a precursor molecule or not. Total cellular RNA was prepared from estradiol-treated chicken liver in the presence of 8 M guanidine HCl, 2-mercaptoethanol and aurintricarboxylic acid. After denaturation, RNA was fractionated on sodium dodecylsulfate-sucrose gradients and large size RNA was analyzed under stringent conditions on 85% formamide-sucrose gradients at 25 degrees C. RNA fractions collected from the gradients were hybridized with vitellogenin (3H)-cDNA. Besides mature vitellogenin mRNA (32S, 7,000 nucleotides) vitellogenin sequences were also found in RNA fractions ranging from 38-50S with a peak at 45-50S (12-15,000 nucleotides). Only 5-10% of the putative 38-50S pmRNA is polyadenylated. We calculated that the half-life of vitellogenin pmRNA is about 3-4 minutes. We conclude that vitellogenin mRNA has a precursor which is twice the size of the mature mRNA.
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