title: Evidence that UGA is read as a tryptophan codon rather than as a stop codon by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Mycoplasma gallisepticum.
abstract: Molecular cloning and sequencing showed that Mycoplasma gallisepticum, like Mycoplasma capricolum, contains both tRNA(UCA) and tRNA(CCA) genes, while Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma genitalium each appear to have only a tRNA(UCA) gene. Therefore, these mycoplasma species contain a tRNA with the anticodon UCA that can translate both UGA and UGG codons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7220.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Inamine
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loechel
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hu
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000235:genetics*; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000032:analysis; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014364:Tryptophan; D012343:RNA, Transfer