The template RNAs of RNA polymerases can have compact secondary structure, formed by long double helices with partial violations of the complementarity

A new method contextual analysis was used to search the long non-random inverted repeats and the complementary palindromes in the genes of E. coli and T7 RNA polymerases. These genes were found to contain from 25% to 50% of all the nucleotides involved in such helices. The 5′- and 3′-ends of mRNA ca...

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Published in:FEBS letters 1984-01, Vol.165 (1), p.72-78
Main Authors: Solovyov, V.V., Zharkikh, A.A., Kolchanov, N.A., Ratner, V.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Base Composition
Biological and medical sciences
Complementary palindrome
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases - genetics
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli - enzymology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genes. Genome
Molecular and cellular biology
Molecular genetics
mRNA secondary structure
Nucleic Acid Conformation
phage T7
Probability
RNA polymerase
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Viral
T-Phages - enzymology
Template RNA
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Summary:A new method contextual analysis was used to search the long non-random inverted repeats and the complementary palindromes in the genes of E. coli and T7 RNA polymerases. These genes were found to contain from 25% to 50% of all the nucleotides involved in such helices. The 5′- and 3′-ends of mRNA can be protected by neighbouring double helices from the nuclease attack. Some double helices are competing and very similar to the attenuator of E. coli trp-operon.
ISSN:0014-5793
1873-3468
DOI:10.1016/0014-5793(84)80017-4