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. 1990 Jan;172(1):504–506. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.1.504-506.1990

Evidence that UGA is read as a tryptophan codon rather than as a stop codon by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

J M Inamine 1, K C Ho 1, S Loechel 1, P C Hu 1
PMCID: PMC208464  PMID: 2104612

Abstract

Molecular cloning and sequencing showed that Mycoplasma gallisepticum, like Mycoplasma capricolum, contains both tRNA(UCA) and tRNA(CCA) genes, while Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium each appear to have only a tRNA(UCA) gene. Therefore, these mycoplasma species contain a tRNA with the anticodon UCA that can translate both UGA and UGG codons.

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