Abstract
4.5S RNAs of eubacteria and 7S RNAs of archaebacteria and eukaryotes exist in a hairpin conformation. The apex of this hairpin displays structural and sequence similarities among both 4.5S and 7S RNAs. Furthermore, a hyphenated sequence of 16 nucleotides is conserved in all eubacterial 4.5S RNAs examined. In this article I report that 7S RNAs that contain this 16-nucleotide sequence are able to replace 4.5S RNAs and permit growth of Escherichia coli.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Bacteriology |
| Volume | 173 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1835-7 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| ISSN | 0021-9193 |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 |