Determinant of cistron specificity in bacterial ribosomes
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.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- March 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1038/254034a0
- Bibcode:
- 1975Natur.254...34S