Intermediates in the degradation of mRNA from the lactose operon of Escherichia coli

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dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, Joseph R.
dc.contributor.authorZengel, Janice M.
dc.contributor.authorLindahl, Lasse
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-05T19:15:16Z
dc.date.available2019-06-05T19:15:16Z
dc.date.issued1991-05-25
dc.description.abstractWe have analyzed the processing of mRNA from the lac operon in an Escherichia coli strain carrying the lac on a multicopy plasmid. Messenger RNA was analyzed by hybridization and nuclease protection of pulse-labeled RNA and precursor-product relationships were determined by quantitating radioactivity in primary and processed transcripts at various times after induction of the lac promoter or inhibition of transcription with rifampicin. Our results support the existence of two types of processed transcripts with endpoints in the lacZ-lacY intercistronic region. One of these carries lacZ sequences and has a 3' endpoint about 30 bases downstream of this gene. The other carries lacY sequences and has a 5' end in the translation termination region of the lacZ gene. Finally, we have found evidence that transcription is continued at least 268 bases beyond the last gene (lacA) and that this 3' non-translated region is shortened by post-transcriptional processing.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis investigation was supported by a research grant and a Research Career Development Award (to LL) from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. JRM was supported, in part, by a predoctoral training grant from the National Institute for General Medicine.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1710346en_US
dc.format.extent10 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2svoe-hqw0
dc.identifier.citationJoseph R. McCormick Janice M. Zengel Lasse Lindahl, Intermediates in the degradation of mRNA from the lactose operon of Escherichia coli, Nucleic Acids Res. 1991 May 25;19(10):2767-76, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/19.10.2767en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/nar/19.10.2767
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/14025
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectEscherichia colien_US
dc.subjectprecursor-product relationshipsen_US
dc.subjectlactose operonen_US
dc.subjectpost-transcriptional processingen_US
dc.titleIntermediates in the degradation of mRNA from the lactose operon of Escherichia colien_US
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