Nucleotide Sequence of the F Protein Coding Region of Bacteriophage Φx174 and the Amino Acid Sequence of Its Product

The nucleotide sequence of the region coding for the F protein of bacteriophage φX174 has now been completed, in conjunction with extended peptide sequence analysis of the gene F protein. The protein is 426 amino acids in length, with a molecular weight, calculated from the sequence, of 48,340.