Transfer RNA methyltransferase and glycine N-methyltransferase activity during Rana pipiens development
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Transfer RNA methyltransferase and glycine N-methyltransferase activity during Rana pipiens development.
Changes in the activity of the tRNA methyltransferases have been found in all differentiating systems studied. Activity was examined in extracts of Rana pipiens embryos and in larval and adult liver by in vitro assay using S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-‘4C]methionine as the methyl donor. Specific activities of tRNA methyltransferases decreased, beginning with the time of feeding, when using high concent...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Biology
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0012-1606
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(79)90232-x