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Molecular Weight Distribution of Proteins Synthesized in Single, Identified Neurons of Aplysia

Wilson, David L. (1971) Molecular Weight Distribution of Proteins Synthesized in Single, Identified Neurons of Aplysia. Journal of General Physiology, 57 (1). pp. 26-40. ISSN 0022-1295. PMCID PMC2203096. doi:10.1085/jgp.57.1.26. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:WILjgp71

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Abstract

Parietovisceral ganglia from Aplysia californica were incubated in medium containing leucine-3H. Single, identified nerve cell somas were isolated from the ganglia, and their proteins extracted and separated by electrophoresis on 5% SDS-polyacrylamide gels. The distribution of total or newly synthesized proteins from the single neurons was determined by staining or slicing and liquid scintillation counting of the gels. Experiments showed that: (a) a number of proteins were being synthesized in abundance in the nerve cells; (b) different, identified neurons showed reproducibly different labeling patterns in the gels; (c) cells R2 and R15, which showed different distributions of radioactivity in the gels, had similar staining patterns; and (d) there was significant incorporation into material of high (>75,000) molecular weight in most of the cells.


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American Heart Association69-1023
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