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Journal of Bacteriology, December 2005, p. 8201-8204, Vol. 187, No. 23
0021-9193/05/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.187.23.8201-8204.2005
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Area de Microbiología, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnología (IUBA), Universidad de Oviedo and Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias (CSIC), Villaviciosa, Spain
Received 23 June 2005/ Accepted 12 September 2005
The bacteriophage A2 major tail protein gene utilizes a 1 translational frameshift to generate two structural polypeptides. Frameshifting is promoted by a slippery sequence and an RNA pseudoknot located 3' of the gene. The major head gene presents a similar recoding ability. A2 is the only phage described with two 1 frameshifts.
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