Determinant of cistron specificity in bacterial ribosomes - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1975 Mar 6;254(5495):34-8.

doi: 10.1038/254034a0.

Determinant of cistron specificity in bacterial ribosomes

J Shine et al. Nature. 1975.

Abstract

The sequence of the 3'-terminus of 16S RNA from different bacteria has been determined. Complementarity relationships between this sequence and a purine-rich tract in the ribosome binding site of different bacterial mRNAs suggest that the 3'-end of 16S RNA determines the intrinsic capacity of ribosomes to translate a particular cistron.

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