The 3' Untranslated Region of Messages in the Rumen Protozoan Entodinium caudatum

N. R. McEwan; Sylvain C. P. Eschenlauer; Roger E. Calza; R. John Wallace; C. J. Newbold

doi:10.1078/1434-4610-00014

The 3' Untranslated Region of Messages in the Rumen Protozoan Entodinium caudatum

N. R. McEwan, Sylvain C. P. Eschenlauer, Roger E. Calza, R. John Wallace, C. J. Newbold

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Abstract

The 3' untranslated regions of a number of cDNAs from the rumen protozoal species Entodinium caudatum were studied with a view to characterising their preference for stop codons, general length, nucleotide composition and polyadenylation signals. Unlike a number of ciliates, Entodinium caudatum uses UAA as a stop codon, rather than as a codon for glutamine. In addition, the 3' untranslated region of the message is generally less than 100 nucleotides in length, extremely A+T rich, and does not appear to utilise any of the conventional polyadenylation signals described in other organisms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	139-146
Number of pages	8
Journal	Protist
Volume	151
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1078/1434-4610-00014
Publication status	Published - Aug 2000

Keywords

POLYADENYLATION
MESSENGER-RNA
GENETIC-CODE
CILIATE PROTOZOAN
POINT MUTATIONS
EUPLOTES-OCTOCARINATUS
EFFICIENCY
BIAS
SITES
CODON USAGE

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