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Some bacterial tRNA genes are transcribed by eukaryotic RNA polymerase III.

Nucleic acids research ·Vol. 10 ·No. 22 ·1982-11-25 ·Pages 7153-62

Folk WR, Hofstetter H, Birnstiel ML

Abstract

E. coli genes for tRNAasp and tRNAtrp are transcribed by eukaryotic RNA polymerase III upon injection into nuclei of Xenopus oocytes. This indicates that some bacterial tRNA genes contain RNA polymerase III promoter sequences. We discuss evolutionary aspects of this finding.

MeSH Terms
Animals Base Sequence Cell Nucleus/metabolism DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism Escherichia coli/genetics Female Mutation Nucleic Acid Conformation Oocytes/metabolism RNA Polymerase III/metabolism RNA, Bacterial/genetics RNA, Transfer/genetics Transcription, Genetic Xenopus
Chemicals
RNA, Bacterial RNA, Transfer DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases RNA Polymerase III
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Folk W R
Hofstetter H
Birnstiel M L
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Article Info
Journal
Nucleic acids research
Abbr.
Nucleic Acids Res
ISSN
0305-1048
DOI
10.1093/nar/10.22.7153
Published
1982-11-25
Pages
7153-62
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0411011
PMCID
PMC326995
Subset
IM
Databases
GENBANK
K01858
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/nar/10.22.7153 PMC Full Text View journal details
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