Publication Date:
1983-08-26
Description:
Transfer RNA (tRNA) suppression of nonsense mutations in prokaryotic systems has been widely used to study the structure and function of different prokaryotic genes. Through genetic engineering techniques, it is now possible to introduce suppressor (Su+) tRNA molecules into mammalian cells. A quantitative assay of the suppressor tRNA activity in these mammalian cells is described; it is based on the amount of tRNA-mediated readthrough of a terminating codon in the influenza virus NS1 gene after the cells are infected with virus. Suppressor activity in L cells continuously expressing Su+ (tRNAtyr) was 3.5 percent and that in CV-1 cells infected with an SV40- Su+ (tRNAtyr) recombinant was 22.5 percent.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Young, J F -- Capecchi, M -- Laski, F A -- RajBhandary, U L -- Sharp, P A -- Palese, P -- AI-11823/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- AI-18998/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- GM17151/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Aug 26;221(4613):873-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6308765" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cells, Cultured
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Eukaryotic Cells/physiology
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Genes, Viral
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Mice
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Orthomyxoviridae/genetics
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Peptide Chain Termination, Translational
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Protein Biosynthesis
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RNA, Transfer/*genetics
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Simian virus 40/genetics
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*Suppression, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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