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Biophysical Journal 12: 80-91 (1972)
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Some Parallelisms in the Behavior of Pancreatic Ribonuclease and Chicken Lysozyme toward Homopolyribonucleotides

John W. Preiss and Dennis A. Stevenson

ABSTRACT

Pancreatic ribonuclease and chicken lysozyme possess gross similarities that are responsible for a common ability to form enormous light-scattering centers in cooperation with homopolyribonucleotides. The light-scattering power of the mixtures is highest when [homopolymer]/[protein] assumes some critical value that is unique for each homopolymer-protein pair. In some respects the scatterers resemble very large antigen-antibody networks. A criterion is established to ascertain the relative abilities of the homopolymers to form the centers with the two proteins. Both see polyinosinic acid (poly-I) as most and polyadenylic acid (poly-A) as least efficient in this respect.






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