title: [Overlapping genes: a priority].
abstract: Three British biologists have discovered that in the "bacteriophage phi X 174 genes D and E are translated from the same DNA sequence but in different reading frames." In 1973, the present author, on the basis of biological data and theoretical considerations, had foreseen existence of overlapping genes. The result of the British biologists confirms the hypothesis of P.-P. Grassé.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003090:Coliphages; D004279:DNA, Viral; D005796:Genes; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral
vernacular_title: Les gènes en surimpression: une priorité