Vimentm gene:expression in humanlymphocytes andinBurkitt's lymphoma cells

vimentinmRNAwascomparedwithvimentinpolypeptide synthe-sized in vitro in a cell-free system and in vivo after radioactivelabelling. Actinandtubulinpolypeptideswerechosenforrelativequantification ofprotein synthesis. Tocomplete our studies, avimentinrecombinantclonewasisolated fromahumangenomiclibrary in order to characterize the human vimentin gene.ResultsDetection ofvimentin RNAtranscripts in