title: Translational repression in bacteriophage f1: characterization of the gene V protein target on the gene II mRNA.
abstract: Previous studies have shown that the single-stranded DNA binding protein of bacteriophage f1 (gene V protein) represses the translation of the mRNA of the phage-encoded replication protein (gene II protein). We have characterized phage mutations in the repressor and in its target. Using a gene II-lacZ translational fusion, we have defined a 16-nucleotide-long region in the gene II mRNA sequence that is required in vivo for repression by the gene V protein. We have shown that in vitro the binding affinity of the gene V protein is at least 10-fold higher to an RNA carrying this sequence than to an RNA lacking it. We propose that this sequence constitutes the gene II mRNA operator.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Michel
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Zinder
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014764:Viral Proteins