title: Termination of a transcription unit comprising highly expressed genes in the archaebacterium Methanococcus voltae.
abstract: The 3'termini of transcripts originating from genes organized in a highly expressed transcription unit were analyzed in the archaebacterium Methanococcus voltae. The putative termination signals were found in an AT-rich intergenic region following the 3'-terminal gene. The two detected signals both contain oligo(T) sequences. A possible stem/loop structure immediately precedes one of the oligo(T) tracts. This secondary structure is considered to have an additional function in stabilizing the transcripts.
mesh_terms: D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes