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The sequence of an RNA segment of 160 nucleotides preceding the coat protein initiator AUG has been established. It contains the genetic information for the last 45 amino-acids of the A or maturation protein, the termination signal UAG and the intercistronic region.
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CONTRERAS, R., YSEBAERT, M., JOU, W. et al. Bacteriophage MS2 RNA: Nucleotide Sequence of the End of the A Protein Gene and the Intercistronic Region. Nature New Biology 241, 99–101 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio241099a0
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