Translational Regulation of Cloned Genes

Abstract

The actors controlling translational efficiency of mRNA in yeast were studied to aid in design of more efficient vectors for producing heterologous proteins in yeast. A plasmid was constructed with heterologous gene production driven by the yeast CUPI promoter and the killer virus M segment translation initiation signal. Although capped RNAs were more efficiently translated in vitro than uncapped RNAs of the same sequence, changes in the 5' untranslated leader rendered uncapped RNA as translatable as wild-type capped RNA. This result may make cytoplasmic RNA-based cloning vectors feasible in yeast. Yeast, Recombinant DNA gene expression, Translation, Transcription, Polymerase chain reaction, mRNA Cap.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 04, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248892

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Leibowitz

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biodegradation
  • Biotechnology
  • Cells
  • Eukaryotes
  • Free Energy
  • Fungi
  • Gene Expression
  • Genes
  • Genetic Code
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Mrna
  • New Jersey
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequences
  • Translations
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Engineering

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  • Molecular Genetics