Showing papers by "Robert M. Grant published in 1993"
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01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: This article showed that the heretics' methods were the same as those of pagan contemporaries and that literary criticism derived from the Hellenistic schools, drawing upon his 50 years of experience dealing with the correlation of early Christianity and classical culture.
Abstract: Drawing upon his 50 years of experience dealing with the correlation of early Christianity and classical culture to demonstrate that Christian "heretics" were the first to apply literary criticism to Christian books, Grant shows that the heretics' methods were the same as those of pagan contemporaries and that literary criticism derived from the Hellenistic schools.
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TL;DR: Mapping of the chlamydial mRNA transcript demonstrates that IF1, L36, S13, S11, and alpha are transcribed as a polycistronic transcript.
Abstract: We have cloned the chlamydial operon that encodes the initiation factor IF1, the ribosomal proteins L36, S13, and S11, and the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase. The genes for S11 and alpha are closely linked in Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and plant chloroplast genomes, and this arrangement is conserved in Chlamydia spp. The S11 ribosomal protein gene potentially encodes a protein of 125 amino acids with 41 to 42% identity over its entire length to its E. coli and B. subtilis homologs; the gene encoding the alpha subunit specifies a protein of 322 amino acids with 25 to 30% identity over its entire length to its E. coli and B. subtilis homologs. In a T7-based expression system in E. coli, the chlamydial alpha gene directed the synthesis of a 36-kDa protein. Mapping of the chlamydial mRNA transcript by RNase protection studies and by a combination of reverse transcription and the polymerase chain reaction demonstrates that IF1, L36, S13, S11, and alpha are transcribed as a polycistronic transcript.
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