The sup-7(st5) X gene of Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a tRNATrpUAG amber suppressor.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 81 (1984-11-01), Heft 21, S. 6784-6788
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In earlier studies, we identified in Caenorhabditis elegans two informational suppressors sup-5 III and sup-7 X and recently showed that these suppressors acted via an altered tRNA to suppress translational termination at amber (UAG) stop codons. We now show that the sup-7 (st5) suppressor is a tRNATrpUAG amber suppressor. These studies utilized a radiolabeled purified tRNA fraction to identify hybridizing genomic sequences in a phage genomic library. DNA sequence analysis of the hybridizing segment of one clone showed that the probe recognized a tRNATrpUGG sequence. The sup-7 gene was shown to be one of an 11 or 12 member tRNATrp family by Southern blot analysis, taking advantage of an Xba I restriction site induced in the anticodon sequence by the mutational event to suppressor. Sequence analysis of a recombinant lambda clone containing sup-7 gene proved that sup-7(st5) is a tRNATrpUAG. This conclusive proof of the nature of sup7(st5) will permit unambiguous interpretation in genetic applications, and the availability of the cloned sequences may allow the sup-7 gene to be used to select for the reintroduction of DNA into C. elegans.
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The sup-7(st5) X gene of Caenorhabditis elegans encodes a tRNATrpUAG amber suppressor.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Bolten, S L ; Powell-Abel, P ; Fischhoff, D A ; Waterston, R H |
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Zeitschrift: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 81 (1984-11-01), Heft 21, S. 6784-6788 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1984 |
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ISSN: | 0027-8424 (print) ; 1091-6490 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1073/pnas.81.21.6784 |
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