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. 1997 Feb;3(2):141–156.

Antisense RNA control of gene expression in bacteriophage P22. I. Structures of sar RNA and its target, ant mRNA.

K L Schaefer 1, W R McClure 1
PMCID: PMC1369469  PMID: 9042942

Abstract

Sar RNA is an antisense RNA that is partly responsible for the negative regulation of antirepressor synthesis during development of bacteriophage P22 (Liao SM et al., 1987, Genes & Dev 1:197-203; Wu Th, Liao SM, McClure WR, Susskind MM, Genes & Dev 1:204-212). The structures of sar RNA and its target, ant mRNA, were probed using limited RNase digestion as a function of Mg2+ concentration. Sar RNA forms two hairpins that are present at all Mg2+ concentrations (Mg2+-independent hairpins). One of the hairpins contains three tandem U x U base pairs. Ant RNA forms three Mg2+-independent hairpins and one Mg2+-dependent hairpin. In addition, many nucleotides in sar RNA and ant RNA appear to be involved in tertiary interactions. The effects of RNA structure on the pairing reaction are considered in the accompanying paper (Schaefer KL, McClure WR, 1997, RNA 3:157-174).

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