In 1961, Howard Dintzis carried out an experiment that defined the direction of polypeptide chain growth during protein synthesis in cells. The experiment involved the analysis of hemoglobin molecules that were being synthesized in reticulocytes in the presence of radioactive amino acids. Describe the analysis and how it demonstrated the direction of chain growth.
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