Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology
XXXI: The Genetic Code
1966
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1966




From left: Dr. Marshall Nirenberg, Dr. B.P. Doctor, Dr. C.T. Caskey



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The Genetic Code

Symposium Volume XXXI Contents

Foreword    v

List of Previous Volumes    vi

Photographs of Some Symposium Participants    vii

List of Those Attending the Symposium    x

Milislav Demerec    xxi



INTRODUCTION

THE GENETIC CODE    1

CRICK, F. H C. The Genetic Code: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow    3



CODONS IN VITRO

NIRENBERG, M., T. CASKEY, R. MARSHALL, R. BRIMACOMBE, D. KELLOGG, B. DOCTOR, D. HATFIELD, J. LEVIN, F. ROTTMAN, S. PESTKA, M. WILCOX, and F. ANDERSON. The RNA Code and Protein Synthesis    11

MATTHAEI, J. H., H. P. VOIGT, G. HELLER, R. NETH, G. SCHOCH, H. KUBLER F. AMELUNXEN, G. SANDER, and A. PARMEGGIANI. Specific Interactions of Ribosomes in Decoding    25

KHORANA, H. G., H. BUCHI, H. GHOSH, N. GUPTA, T. M. JACOB, H. KOSSEL, R. MORGAN, S. A. NARANG, E. OHTSUKA, and R. D. WELLS. Polynucleotide Synthesis and the Genetic Code    39

SOLL, D., J. CHERAYIL, D. S. JONES, R. D. FAULKNER, A. HAMPEL, R. M. BOCK, and H. G. KHORANA. sRNA Specificity for Codon Recognition as Studied by the Ribosomal Binding Technique    51

HAYASHI, H. and K. MIURA. Anticodon Sequence as a Possible Site for the Activity of Transfer RNA    63

LETENDRE, C., A. M. MICHELSON, and M. GRUNBERG-MANAGO. Oligonucleotide Inhibition of Amino Acid Attachment    71



DIRECTIONS OF READING

STREISINGER, G., Y. OKADA, J. EMRICH, J. NEWTON, A. TSUGITA, E. TERZAGHI, and M. INOUYE. Frameshift Mutations and the Genetic Code    77

THACH, R., T. A. SUNDARARAJAN, K. F. DEWEY, J. C. BROWN, and P. DOTY. Translation of Synthetic Messenger RNA    85

STANLEY, W. M., JR., M. A. SMITH, M. B. HILLE, and J. A. LAST. Studies on the Translation of the Genetic Message: I. Preparation of Oligonucleotide Messengers of Specified Base Sequence    99

WARBA, A. J., M. SALAS, and W. M. STANLEY, JR. Studies on the Translation of the Genetic Message: II. Translation of Oligonucleotide Messengers of Specified Base Sequence    103

MAITRA, U., S. N. COHEN, and J. HURWITZ. Specificity of Initiation and Synthesis of RNA from DNA Templates    113

SZYBALSKI, W., H. KUBINSKI, and P. SHELDRICK. Pyrimidine Clusters on the Transcribing Strand of DNA and their Possible Role in the Initiation of RNA Synthesis    123

HOGNESS, D. S., W. DOERFLER, J. B. EGAN, and L. W. BLACK. The Position and Orientation of Genes in l and l dg DNA    129



IN VIVO CODE AND POLARITY

REICHMANN, M. E., A. Y. CHANG, L. FAIMAN, and J. M. CLARK, JR. The Satellite Tobacco Necrosis Virus in Studies of Genetic Coding    139

WEIGERT, M. G., E. GALLUCCI, E. LANKA, and A. GAREN. Characteristics of the Genetic Code in vivo    145

YANOFSKY, C., J. ITO, and V. HORN. Amino Acid Replacements and the Genetic Code    151

WITTMANN, H. G. and B. WITTMANN-LIEBOLD. Protein Chemical Studies of Two RNA Viruses and their Mutants    163

STRETTON, A. O. W., S. KAPLAN, and S. BRENNER. Nonsense Codons    173



POLARITY

NEWTON, A. Translation of the lactose Operon of Escherichia coli    181

MALAMY, M. H. New Jersey: Frameshift Mutations in the Lactose Operon of E. coli    189

BAUERLE, R. H. and P. MARGOLIN. A Multifunctional Enzyme Complex in the Tryptophan Pathway of Salmonella typhimurium: Comparison of Polarity and Pseudopolarity Mutations    203

MARTIN, R. G., H. J. WHITFIELD, JR., D. B. BERKOWITZ, and M. J. VOLL. A Molecular Model of the Phenomenon of Polarity    215

AMES, B. N. and H. J. WHITFIELD, JR. Frameshift Mutagenesis in Salmonella    221

HENNING, U., G. DENNERT, R. HERTEL, and W. S. SHIPP. Translation of the Structural Genes of the E. coli Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex    227

IMAMOTO, F., J. ITO, and C. YANOFSKY. Polarity in the Tryptophan Operon of E. coli    235



PUNCTUATION

ZINDER, N. D., D. L. ENGELHARDT, and R. E. WEBSTER. Punctuation in the Genetic Code    251

GUSSIN, G. N., M. R. CAPECCHI, J. M. ADAMS, J. E. ARGETSINGER, J. TOOZE, K. WEBER, and J. D. WATSON. Protein Synthesis Directed by RNA Phage Messengers    257

GANOZA, M. C. Polypeptide Chain Termination in Cell-free Extracts of E. coli    273

MARCKER, K. A., B. F. C. CLARK, J. S. ANDERSON. N-Formyl-Methionyl-sRNA and its Relation to Protein Biosynthesis    279

DICKERMAN, H., E. STEERS, B. G. REDFIELD, and HERBERT WEISSBACH. Formylation of Escherichia coli Methionyl-Srna    287

BRETSCHER, M. S. Polypeptide Chain Initiation and the Characterization of Ribosomal Binding Sites in E. coli    289

LEDER, P. and H. BURSZTYN. Initiation of Protein Synthesis. The Role of Formyl-accepting Methionyl-tRNA    297

RICH, A., E. EIKENBERRY, and L. MALKIN. Experiments on Hemoglobin Polypeptide-Chain Initiation and on the Shielding Action of the Ribosome    303



CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION

MARGOLIN, P. and R. H. BAUERLE. Determinants for Regulation and Initiation of Expression of Tryptophan Genes    311

CLINE, A. L. and R. M. BOCK. Translational Control of Gene Expression    321

MARCUS, P. I. and J. M. SALB. Control of Viral RNA Translation as the Mechanism of Interferon Action    335

SHEPPARD, D. and E. ENGLESBERG. Positive Control in the L-arabinose Gene- Enzyme Complex of E. coli B/r as Exhibited with Stable Merodiploids    345

TOMKINS, G. M., E. B. THOMPSON, S. HAYASHI, T. GELEHRTER D. GRANNER, and B. PETERKOFSKY. Tyrosine Transaminase Induction in Mammalian Cells in Tissue Culture    349

MARKS, P. A. and F. CONCONI. Polyribosomes and Control of Hemoglobin Synthesis    361

NAONO, S. and F. GROS. Control and Selectivity of l DNA Transcription in Lysogenic Bacteria    363

SKALKA, A. Multiple Units of Transcription in Phage Lambda    377

SIDDIQI, O., B. N. APTE, and M. P. PITALE. Genetic Regulation of Aryl Sulphatases in Aspergillus nidulans    381

ROTH, J. R., D. F. SILBERT, G. R. FINK, M. J. VOLL, D. ANTON, P. E. HARTMAN, and B. N. AMES. Transfer RNA and Control of the Histidine Operon    383

BECKWITH, J. R., E. R. SIGNER, and W. EPSTEIN. Transposition of the lac Region of E. coli    393

SCAIFE, J. and J. R. BECKWITH. Mutational Alteration of the Maximal Level of lac Operon Expression    403



TRANSFER RNA: CHEMISTRY

MADISON, J. T., G. A. EVERETT, and H. K. KUNG. The Nucleotide Sequences of Yeast Tyrosine Transfer RNA    409

ZACHAU, H. G., D. DUTTING, H. FELDMAN, F. MELCHERS, and W. KARAU. Serine-Specific Transfer Ribonucleic Acids. XIV. Comparison of Nucleotide Sequences and Secondary Structure Models    417

RAJBHANDARY, U. L., A. STUART, R. D. FAULKNER, S. H. CHANG, and H. G. KHORANA. Nucleotide Sequence Studies on Yeast Phenylalanine sRNA    425

BERQUIST, P. L. Degenerate Transfer RNAs from Brewers Yeas    435

LIPSETT, M. N. Disulphide Bonds in sRNA    449

DOI, R. H. and B. GOERLER. Conformation and Binding Efficiency of LysyltRNA to a Poly A ribosome Complex    457

HAYWARD, R. S., G. L. ELICIERI, and S. B. WEISS. Ribonucleic Acid SulfurTransferase Activity in Extracts from E. coli    459

OFENGAND, J. A New Nucleotide in the tRNA of E. coli    465

WEISS, B. and C. C. RICHARDSON. End-group Labeling of Nucleic Acids by Enzymatic Phosphorylation    471



TRANSFER RNA: FUNCTION

SMITH, J. D., J. N. ABELSON, B. F. CLARK, H. M. GOODMAN, and S. BRENNER. Studies on amber suppressor Trna    479

CARBON, J., P. BERG, and C. YANOFSKY. Missense Suppression due to a Genetically Altered tRNA    487

GUPTA, N. K., U. L. RAJBHANDARY, and H. G. KHORANA. Missense Suppression in Trypophan Synthetase    499

LITTAUER, U. Z., M. REVEL, and R. STERN. Coding Properties of Methyl-deficient Phenylalanine Transfer RNA    501

PETERKOFSKY, A., C. JESENSKY, and J. D. CAPRA. The Role of Methylated Bases in the Biological Activity of E. coli Leucine tRNA    515

WAINFAN, E., P. R. SHINIVASAN, and E. BOREK. Can the Methylation of tRNA Serve a Regulatory Function?    525

FRESCO, J. R., A. ADAMS, R. ASCIONE, D. HENLEY, and T. LINDAHL. Tertiary Structure in Transfer RNAs    527

MUENCH, K. H. Chloroquine-mediated Conversion of Transfer Ribonucleic Acid of Escherichia coli from an Inactive to an Active State    539



TRANSFER RNA: INTERACTIONS

DOCTOR, B. P., J. E. LOEBEL, and D. A. KELLOGG. Studies on the Species Specificity of Yeast and E. coli Tyrosine tRNAs    543

BARNETT, W. E., and J. L. EPLER. Multiple Aminoacyl-RNA Synthetase Systems and the Genetic Code in Neurospora    549

NEIDHARDT, F. C. and C. F. EARHART. Phage-induced Appearance of a Valyls RNA Synthetase Activity in Escherichia coli    557

YU, C. -T. Multiple Forms of Leucyl sRNA Synthetase of E. coli    565

SUEOKA, N., T. KANO-SUEOKA, and W. J. GARTLAND. Modification of sRNA and Regulation of Protein Synthesis    571

Dol, R. H. and I. KANEKO. Transfer RNA Patterns of Bacillus subtilis during Sporulation and Growth    581

SUBAK-SHARPE, H., W. M. SHEPHERD, and J. HAY. Studies on sRNA Coded by Herpes Virus    583



TRANSFER RNA AND RIBOSOMES

WETTSTEIN, F. O. Differential in vivo Aminoacylation and Utilization of Homologous Species of E. coli Transfer RNA    595

MCLAUGHLIN, C. S., J. DONDON, M. GRUNBERG-MANAGO, A. M. MICHELSON and G. SAUNDERS. Stability of the Messenger RNA-sRNA-Ribosome Complex    601

TAKANAMI, M. The 5¢-Termini of E. coli Ribosomal RNA and f2 Bacteriophage RNA    611

HATFIELD, D. Oligonucleotide-Ribosome-AA-sRNA Interactions    619

FLAKS, J. G., P. 5. LEBOY, E. A. BIRGE, and C. G. KURLAND. Mutations and Genetics Concerned with the Ribosome    623

HEINTZ, R., H. MCALLISTER, R. ARLINGRAUS, and R. SCHWEET. Formation and Function of the Active Ribosome Complex    633

PESTKA, S. and M. NIRENBERG. Code-word Recognition on 30S Ribosomes    641



INFIDELITY OF INFORMATION TRANSFER

GORINI, L., G. A. JACOBY, and L. BRECKENRIDGE. Ribosomal Ambiguity    657

DAVIES, J. Streptomycin and the Genetic Code    665

WEINSTEIN, I. B., S. M. FRIEDMAN, and M. OCHOA, JR. Fidelity During Translation of the Genetic Code    671

MCCARTHY, B. J., J. J. HOLLAND, and C. A. BUCK. Single-stranded DNA as a Template for in vitro Protein Synthesis    683 SPEYER, J. F., J. D. KARAM, and A. B. LENNY. On the Role of DNA Polymerase in Base Selection    693

MAGNI, G. E. and P. P. PUGLISI. Mutagenesis of Super-Suppressors in Yeast    699

EHRENSTEIN, G. VON. Translational Variations in the Amino Acid Sequence of the oc-chain of Rabbit Hemoglobin    705

RIFKIN, D. B., D. I. HIRSCH, M. R. RIFKIN, and W. KONIGSBERG. A Possible Ambiguity in the Coding of Mouse Hemoglobin    715

JACOBSON, K. B. A Test of tRNA as Amino Acid Adaptor in Hemoglobin Synthesis    719



ORIGINS OF THE CODE

WOESE, C. R., D. H. DUGRE, S. A. DUGRE, M. KONDO, and W. C. SAXINGER.On the Fundamental Nature and Evolution of the Genetic Code    723

SUBAK-SHARPE, H., R. R. BÜRK, and L. V. CRAWFORD, J. M. MORRISON, J.HAY, and H. M. KEIR. An Approach to Evolutionary Relationships of Mammalian DNA Viruses through Analysis of the Pattern of Nearest Neighbor Base Sequences    737






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