Labeled thymidine which is known to be a precursor of DNA may serve in the classical function of radioactive precursors - to indicate the time and place of synthesis of DNA. But due to the special properties of DNA, the usefulness of labeled thymidine may be vastly increased. DNA is perhaps the most stable substance within a cell, and unless the cell undergoes mitosis, the same molecules of DNA will remain in it indefinitely. If these molecules happen to be labeled with radioactive thymidine, the cell can be traced by this label for weeks or months and its fate thus made apparent.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.112840 |
| Date | January 1960 |
| Creators | Kallenbach, Ernst. |
| Contributors | Leblond, C. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Health Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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