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RNase III cleavage of Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase and tryptophan operon mRNA.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 150 ·No. 3 ·1982-06-00 ·Pages 1489-94

Shen V, Imamoto F, Schlessinger D

Abstract

Purified RNase III of Escherichia coli cleaved the initial 479-nucleotide sequence of lac operon mRNA at four specific sites and also gave limited cleavage of trp operon mRNA. This action explains the inactivation of mRNA coding capacity by RNase III in vitro.

MeSH Terms
Base Sequence Endonucleases/metabolism Escherichia coli/metabolism Escherichia coli Proteins Lac Operon Operon RNA, Bacterial/genetics,metabolism RNA, Messenger/genetics,metabolism Ribonuclease III Ribonucleases/metabolism Tryptophan/biosynthesis beta-Galactosidase/genetics
Chemicals
Escherichia coli Proteins RNA, Bacterial RNA, Messenger Tryptophan Endonucleases Ribonucleases Ribonuclease III ribonuclease III, E coli beta-Galactosidase
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Shen V
Imamoto F
Schlessinger D
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.150.3.1489-1494.1982
Published
1982-06-00
Pages
1489-94
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC216380
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.150.3.1489-1494.1982 PMC Full Text View journal details
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