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. 1979 Dec 20;7(8):2323–2345. doi: 10.1093/nar/7.8.2323

Sequences of large T1 ribonuclease-resistant oligoribonucleotides from protamine mRNA: the overall architecture of protamine mRNA.

P L Davies, G H Dixon, A Simoncsits, G C Brownlee
PMCID: PMC342387  PMID: 118437

Abstract

Limited T1 ribonuclease digestion of the family of protamine mRNA's purified from rainbow trout testis yields several large oligoribonucleotide fragments ranging in size from 12--54 nucleotides in length. Several of these fragments purified by two dimensional gel electrophoresis contain several G residues and must represent nuclease-resistant, base-paired regions of the mRNA. Sequence analysis of these oligonucleotides by the method of Simoncsits, A., Brownlee, G.G., Brown, R.S., Rubin, J.R. and Guilley, H. (1977) Nature 269: 833-836, shows that these oligoribonucleotides arise from the 5'- and 3'-non-coding regions of the mRNA. Comparisons of the sequences of the large RNA fragment with DNA sequences obtained after cloning double-stranded protamine cDNA in the plasmids pBr322 and pmB9 show precise correspondence of a 54 nucleotide RNA fragment with positions 49--100 from the 3'-poly(A) tract and extending to within 5 nucleotides of the termination codon. Two other RNA fragments of 21 and 25 nucleotides in length arise from the 5'-non-coding region of the message and possess an AUG-sequence at their 3'-termini which is the initiation codon. The presence of distinct by homologous sequences in several sets of large RNA fragments is consistent with the presence of several closely related protamine mRNA's.

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