Active polysomes in sea urchin eggs and
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Denny, Paul C. ;Reback, Patricia
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Article
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1970
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The increase in polysomal material in sea urchin zygotes after fertilization occurs primarily as an increase in the number rather than in the sizes of the polysomes. This suggests that the protein synthesis system in eggs is messenger RNA limited and that polysomes form at fertilization