Influence of growth rate on RNA reduction by intracellular NRase

Abstract

The influence of growth rate on RNA degradation by intracellular RNase was studied in Candida.Satisfactory reduction by the heat-shock method was obtained with cells grown between jl = 0.15 h-l and 0.35 h-1.Higher growth rates led to a poor performance;the enzvme-substrate ratio seems to be a limiting factor.