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Synthesis of an ovalbumin-like protein by Escherichia coli K12 harbouring a recombinant plasmid

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A cloned DNA transcript of ovalbumin mRNA was cut a few nucleotides away from the initiator codon, and fused in phase to the beginning of the Escherichia coli β-galactosidase gene. The hybrid gene has been cloned in E. coli where it produces large amounts of an ovalbumin-like protein.

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  1. Andrée Krust and Frank Gannon: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS et U. 44 de l'INSERM, Faculté de Médicine, Strasbourg, France.

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    Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, André Royal, Brigitte Cami, Axel Garapin, Andrée Krust, Frank Gannon & Philippe Kourilsky

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Mercereau-Puijalon, O., Royal, A., Cami, B. et al. Synthesis of an ovalbumin-like protein by Escherichia coli K12 harbouring a recombinant plasmid. Nature 275, 505–510 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/275505a0

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