Open AccessSynthesis of Carp Proinsulin in Xenopus Ocytes
Author(s) -
RAPOPORT Tom A.,
THIELE Bernd J.,
PREHN Siegfried,
MARBAIX Gérard,
CLEUTER Yvette,
HUBERT Evelyne,
HUEZ Georges
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12370.x
Subject(s) - proinsulin , xenopus , carp , cyprinus , chemistry , medicine , oocyte , endocrinology , insulin , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , gene , embryo
Total poly(A)‐containing RNA from Brockmann bodies of carp (Cyprinus carpio) directs the synthesis of authentic carp proinsulin in Xenopus oocytes . Neither preproinsulin nor further processing of pronisulin to insulin can be detected in the oocytes.