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Gene K, a new overlapping gene in bacteriophage G4

Nature 272, 510–515 (1978) | Download Citation

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A third overlapping gene in the isometric bacteriophages has been identified by nucleotide sequence analysis of the G4 genome and by isolation and microsequence analysis of the new protein. Five nucleotides are used in all three translational reading frames of the DNA.

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              • J. C. Fiddes

              Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143

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            1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK

              • D. C. Shaw
              • , J. E. Walker
              • , F. D. Northrop
              • , B. G. Barrell
              • , G. N. Godson
              •  & J. C. Fiddes

            2. Department of Physical Biochemistry, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

              • D. C. Shaw

            3. Radiobiology Laboratories, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, 06510

              • G. N. Godson

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