| Literature DB >> 3120177 |
R B Winter1, L Morrissey, P Gauss, L Gold, T Hsu, J Karam.
Abstract
The bacteriophage T4 regA protein is a translational repressor of a subset of phage mRNAs. We show here that purified regA protein binds specifically to target mRNAs near the initiating AUG and occludes binding of ribosomes. Translational repression by regA protein diminishes expression of many genes whose mRNA sequences around the initiating AUG codons are different. A comparison of nucleotide sequences from several regA-repressed mRNAs suggests that the initiating AUG is an important, but not sufficient, sequence for regA binding.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3120177 PMCID: PMC299406 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.22.7822
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205