| Literature DB >> 5276766 |
R De Wachter, A Vandenberghe, J Merregaert, R Contreras, W Fiers.
Abstract
RNA fragments of different chain length, each containing the 5'-terminal guanosine tetraphosphate (pppGp) of bacteriophage-MS2 RNA, have been isolated from partial ribonuclease digests of the viral RNA. The longest fragment overlaps with the ribosomalbinding site of the A-protein cistron. The base sequence has been established for the major part. The results directly confirm that the A-protein cistron is closest to the 5'-terminus. Its initiating (AUG) codon starts at position 130, being preceded by an untranslated sequence of 129 nucleotides.Entities:
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Year: 1971 PMID: 5276766 PMCID: PMC388995 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.68.3.585
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205