1982
Nucleotide sequence of γδ resolvase gene and demonstration that its gene product acts as a repressor of transcription
Reed R, Shibuya G, Steitz J. Nucleotide sequence of γδ resolvase gene and demonstration that its gene product acts as a repressor of transcription. Nature 1982, 300: 381-383. PMID: 6292730, DOI: 10.1038/300381a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRepressor of transcriptionSite-specific recombination systemResolvase proteinAmino acid sequenceSite-specific recombinationElement-encoded proteinsIntercistronic regionGene initiatesFrequency of transpositionGene productsNucleotide sequenceAcid sequenceRecombination systemTranscription systemGenetic analysisΓδ resolvaseResolvaseGenesTranscriptionProteinResolvase geneRelated transposonsTransposaseModel substrateRecombination
1977
Differential requirements for polypeptide chain initiation complex formation at the three bacteriophage R17 initiator regions
Steitz J, Wahba A, Laughrea M, Moore P. Differential requirements for polypeptide chain initiation complex formation at the three bacteriophage R17 initiator regions. Nucleic Acids Research 1977, 4: 1-16. PMID: 325516, PMCID: PMC342405, DOI: 10.1093/nar/4.1.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1974
Cistron specificity of 30S ribosomes heterologously reconstituted with components from Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus.
Goldberg M, Steitz J. Cistron specificity of 30S ribosomes heterologously reconstituted with components from Escherichia coli and Bacillus stearothermophilus. Biochemistry 1974, 13: 2123-9. PMID: 4597073, DOI: 10.1021/bi00707a020.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1972
Oligonucleotide Sequence of Replicase Initiation Site in Qβ RNA
STEITZ J. Oligonucleotide Sequence of Replicase Initiation Site in Qβ RNA. Nature 1972, 236: 71-75. PMID: 4502455, DOI: 10.1038/newbio236071a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReplicase geneQβ RNAMajor coat proteinN-terminal sequenceCoat cistronTermination signalReplicase cistronNucleotide sequenceCoat proteinRNA genomeInitiator codonInitiation siteQβ replicaseGenesProteinBacteriophage QβCistronUGA suppressorRNAVirus particlesSequenceOligonucleotide sequencesProtein7GenomeReplicase