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Gene K, a new overlapping gene in bacteriophage G4

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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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  1. J. C. Fiddes

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

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    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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Shaw, D., Walker, J., Northrop, F. et al. Gene K, a new overlapping gene in bacteriophage G4. Nature 272, 510–515 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/272510a0

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