Abstract
T7 late promoters have a 22-base pair sequence in common. The 22 base pairs are necessary and sufficient for recognition and initiation by T7 RNA polymerase.
Keywords
Base pairPromoterSequence (biology)GeneticsDNABiologyBase (topology)DNA sequencingComputational biologyGeneMathematics
MeSH Terms
Bacteriophage T7Base PairingBase SequenceBinding SitesCloningMolecularDNAViralDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesMolecular Sequence DataPromoter RegionsGeneticSequence AnalysisDNATranscriptionGeneticViral Proteins
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- 1979
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- Volume
- 280
- Issue
- 5717
- Pages
- 35-39
- Citations
- 69
- Access
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Nikos Panayotatos,
Robert D. Wells
(1979).
Recognition and initiation site for four late promoters of phage T7 is a 22-base pair DNA sequence.
Nature
, 280
(5717)
, 35-39.
https://doi.org/10.1038/280035a0
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- DOI
- 10.1038/280035a0
- PMID
- 15305578