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By characterization of fragments, isolated from a nuclease digest of MS2 RNA, the entire nucleotide sequence of the coat gene was established. A “flower”-like model is proposed for the secondary structure. The genetic code makes use of 49 different codons to specify the sequence of the 129 amino-acids long coat polypeptide.
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JOU, W., HAEGEMAN, G., YSEBAERT, M. et al. Nucleotide Sequence of the Gene Coding for the Bacteriophage MS2 Coat Protein. Nature 237, 82–88 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/237082a0
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