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. 1982 Aug;151(2):1013–1021. doi: 10.1128/jb.151.2.1013-1021.1982

Aminoacyl-tRNAs from Physarum polycephalum: patterns of codon recognition.

D Hatfield, M Rice, C A Hession, P W Melera
PMCID: PMC220355  PMID: 7047488

Abstract

Isoacceptors of Physarum polycephalum Ala-, Arg-, Glu-, Gln-, Gly-, Ile-, Leu-, Lys-, Ser-, Thr-, and Val-tRNAs were resolved by reverse-phase chromatography and isolated, and their codon recognition properties were determined in a ribosomal binding assay. Codon assignments were made to most isoacceptors, and they are summarized along with those determined in other studies from Escherichia coli, yeasts, wheat germ, hymenoptera, Xenopus, and mammals. The patterns of codon recognition by isoacceptors from P. polycephalum are more similar to those of animals than to those of plants or lower fungi.

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