A Strong Suppressor Specific for UGA (original) (raw)

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It has already been shown that, In Escherichia coli, the nucleic acid triplet UGA does not code for an amino-acid (Nature, 213, 449; 1967). The isolation of a strong specific suppressor for this triplet has permitted experiments which suggest that in E. coli UGA terminates the polypeptide chain.

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1. M. R. C. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge
   J. F. SAMBROOK, D. P. FAN & S. BRENNER

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1. J. F. SAMBROOK
2. D. P. FAN
3. S. BRENNER

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SAMBROOK, J., FAN, D. & BRENNER, S. A Strong Suppressor Specific for UGA.Nature 214, 452–453 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214452a0

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• Received: 14 April 1967
• Published: 14 April 1967
• Issue date: 29 April 1967
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/214452a0