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Tobacco chloroplasts were found to contain three species of 5S RNA with different electrophoretic mobility. The nucleotide sequences of two species of the 5S RNA have been determined. The large 5S RNA species (5S RNAL) is composed of 121 nucleotides and the small 5S RNA species (5S RNAs) of 119 nucleotides. The 5S RNAL contains and extra uridine residue at both 5′ and 3′ends of the 5S RNAs.
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Takaiwa, F., Sugiura, M. Heterogeneity of 5S RNA species in tobacco chloroplasts. Molec. Gen. Genet. 182, 385–389 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293926
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