title: Functional half-lives of bacteriophage m13 gene 5 and gene 8 messages.
abstract: The half-lives of the M13 gene 5 and gene 8 messages were determined by measuring the decay in the rate of synthesis of the gene 5 and gene 8 proteins after inhibition of new RNA chain initiations with rifampin. The gene 5 and gene 8 messages decay with half-lives of approximately 2.5 and 5 min, respectively. We found no evidence of a functional M13 message with a half-life as long as that reported for hybridizable mRNA.
mesh_terms: D003090:Coliphages / Q000378:metabolism*; D004267:DNA Viruses; D005796:Genes; D006207:Half-Life; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins