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. 1975 Feb;72(2):428–432. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.2.428

The in vitro addition of a polyadenylate sequence to the 3' end of phage Qbeta RNA and the biological activity of the product.

C Gilvarg, F J Bollum, C Weissmann
PMCID: PMC432324  PMID: 1054825

Abstract

Terminal riboadenylate transferase, purified from calf thymus, has been used to add a poly(A) extension to the 3' end of Qbeta RNA. The modified Qbeta RNA retains full infectivity in a spheroplast assay system. However, the progeny viruses do not contain poly(A) termini, indicating an in vivo rectification of the in vitro alteration.

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