The Probable 'Capping' of Wheat Leaf Messenger Ribonucleates by 7-Methylguanosine

Abstract

Experiments have been designed to test the possibility that, as with messenger RNA from animal cells, 7-methylguanosine may be bonded through a pyrophosphate bridge to the 5′-termini of messenger RNA molecules from the cells of a higher-plant organism. It is concluded that 7-methylguanosine is probably bonded through a pyrophosphate bridge to the 5′-termini of messenger RNA molecules from wheat leaves.