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. 1973 Feb;70(2):438–441. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.2.438

Three Adjacent Transfer RNA Genes in Escherichia coli

Craig Squires *,†, Bruce Konrad ‡,§, Joel Kirschbaum , John Carbon *
PMCID: PMC433277  PMID: 4568729

Abstract

A defective ϕ80 transducing phage has been isolated that carries a small section of the E. coli chromosome from the region near argH (77 min). This phage contains three E. coli tRNA genes, termed glyTsu+36, tyrT, and thrT. These genes specify the structures of tRNA2Gly (su+36) tRNA2Tyr, and tRNA3Thr, respectively. Induction of a single lysogen bearing this phage brings about selective synthesis and amplification of only these three tRNAs.

Keywords: ϕ80 transducing phage, suppressors, tRNA transcription

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