Abstract
Phage fd DNA complexed with DNA binding protein I was used by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase (nucleoside triphosphate:RNA nucleotidyltransferase, EC 2.7.7.6) to synthesize an RNA at the origin of single strand to double strand replication. The isolated ori-RNA gave a simple fingerprint after nucleolytic digestion and has a length of about 30 nucleotides. The characterization of the oligonucleotides from the nuclease digest and the extension of the ori-RNA with DNA polymerase I and subsequent restriction of the DNA gave its exact localization in the fd genome, and its total sequence was deduced from the known DNA sequence in this region.
MeSH Terms
Bacteriophages/metabolism
Base Sequence
DNA Helicases/metabolism
DNA Replication
DNA, Single-Stranded/biosynthesis
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism
RNA, Viral/biosynthesis
Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
DNA, Single-Stranded
RNA, Viral
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
DNA Helicases
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Geider K
Beck E
Schaller H
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