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Expression of two proteins from overlapping and oppositely oriented genes on transposable DNA insertion element IS5

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IS5, the 1,195 base pair transposable DNA element of Escherichia coli, contains two genes. One gene, which encodes a protein with an apparent molecular weight of 12,300, is, together with its promoter, completely contained within a larger gene which encodes a protein of molecular weight 37,000. The two genes are transcribed in opposite directions.

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    Bodo Rak, Monika Lusky & Majka Hable

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Rak, B., Lusky, M. & Hable, M. Expression of two proteins from overlapping and oppositely oriented genes on transposable DNA insertion element IS5. Nature 297, 124–128 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/297124a0

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