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. 1973 Jan;73(1):23–28. doi: 10.1093/genetics/73.1.23

The Inability of Yeast Transfer RNA to Suppress an Amber Mutation in an E. coli System

John A Kiger Jr 1,2, Carol J Brantner 1,2
PMCID: PMC1212879  PMID: 4569181

Abstract

Transfer RNA from super-suppressor mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot suppress an amber mutation in vitro in an E. coli protein synthesizing system. It is tentatively concluded that the yeast amber suppressor does not contain a transfer RNA altered in the anticodon.

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