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Comparative Study
. 1979 Oct 25;7(4):1035-41.
doi: 10.1093/nar/7.4.1035.

Is UAA or UGA part of the recognition signal for ribosomal initiation?

J F Atkins
Free PMC article
Comparative Study

Is UAA or UGA part of the recognition signal for ribosomal initiation?

J F Atkins. Nucleic Acids Res. .
Free PMC article

Abstract

In none of the 92 published prokaryotic sequences is a translation codon preceeded by UAG as the first "termination codon". In most cases the UAA or UGA is close to the initiation codon and may be part of the ribosome recognition signal.

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