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Joint transcription of two tRNATyr1 genes from Escherichia coli

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Biochemical evidence suggests that the two tRNATyr1 genes of E. coli are transcribed together as a single precursor. A nuclease activity which cleaves incorrectly but specifically the tRNATyr precursor has been revealed.

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  1. Alain Ghysen

    Present address: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91109

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  1. Departamento de Bioquimica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

    Alain Ghysen

  2. Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology,

    Alain Ghysen

  3. Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK

    Julio E. Celis

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Ghysen, A., Celis, J. Joint transcription of two tRNATyr1 genes from Escherichia coli. Nature 249, 418–421 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/249418a0

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