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- ArticleAsselbergs FA, Van Venrooij WJ, Bloemendal H.Eur J Biochem. 1978 Jul 03;87(3):517-24.Total poly(A)-containing calf lens mRNA was microinjected into Xenopus oocytes and synthesis of alpha, beta, and gamma-crystallins was demonstrated. By a method of quantitative immunoprecipitation the rate of translation of purified 14S alphaA2-crystallin mRNA was compared with translation of 9-S rabbit globin mRNA. Maximal response of oocytes was obtained with virtually the same molar amounts of mRNA, taking into account the larger size of the alphaA2-crystallin mRNA. Kinetics of translation were also very similar and both mRNAs were translated with similar rate and efficiency for at least two days. It was estimated that 20-30 polypeptide chains per hour per mRNA molecule were synthesized.