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. 1988 Mar 25;16(6):2445–2459. doi: 10.1093/nar/16.6.2445

Transcription termination in the archaebacterium Sulfolobus: signal structures and linkage to transcription initiation.

W D Reiter 1, P Palm 1, W Zillig 1
PMCID: PMC336382  PMID: 3129698

Abstract

The precise map positions were determined for the 3'-termini of five transcripts of the Sulfolobus virus-like particle SSV1. In all cases analyzed, these 3'-termini mapped immediately downstream of a sequence TTTTTYT which was part of a pyrimidine-rich region of 16-19 nucleotides length. No correlation was evident between the position of the 3'-termini and possible secondary structures within the RNA. In two cases, the 3'-termini of SSV1 transcripts mapped in the immediate vicinity of transcriptional initiation sites suggesting that transcription termination can be linked to the re-initiation of RNA synthesis.

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