MBE Advance Access originally published online on January 20, 2007
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2007 24(4):893-895; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm007
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Transcription and Translation are Coupled in Archaea


* Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System
Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University
E-mail: reeve.2{at}osu.edu.
Accepted for publication January 3, 2007.
Polysomes have been visualized by electron microscopy attached directly to dispersed strands of genomic DNA extruded from lysed cells of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakaraensis. These complexes are consistent with transcription and translation being coupled in this Archaeon, with translation of transcripts being initiated before the transcript is complete.
Key Words: Archaea prokaryote coupled transcription polysome electron microscopy
William Martin, Associate Editor
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