Enhancement of the Synthesis of a Hormone-induced Protein by Transfer Ribonucleic Acids

Abstract

Abstract tRNA extracted from the oviducts of laying hens potentiated ovalbumin synthesis when added to oviduct magnum explants of immature chicks which had been stimulated by estrogen. The effect was observed after both primary and secondary estrogen treatment. The stimulation is specific for oviduct tRNA; the addition of rooster liver tRNA or rat liver tRNA had no effect.