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The terminator position of T7 early messenger RNA was determined by electron microscopic measurements. The end of the RNA was mapped at a position 18.9% from the left end of T7 DNA, and 145±25 nucleotides from the right end of the Hpa I fragment Q. The sequence of the Hpa I Q fragment was determined around this position, and a terminator-like structure was detected in position 193 to 169 from the right end of fragment Q.
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Priess, H., Koller, B., Hess, B. et al. Electron microscopic mapping and sequence analysis of the terminator for the early message of E. coli phage T7. Molec. Gen. Genet. 178, 27–34 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267209
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