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Release Factor Translation of RNA Phage Terminator Codons

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Release factors R1 or R2 stimulate equally well the release of f2 coat protein, suggesting that UAA is the first coat terminator codon. The suppression of a nonsense codon can be regulated in vitro by the concentration of R factor of appropriate codon specificity.

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  1. Section of Medical Genetics, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, National Heart and Lung Institute, US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014

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BEAUDET, A., CASKEY, C. Release Factor Translation of RNA Phage Terminator Codons. Nature 227, 38–40 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227038a0

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