Average number of tsr-venus mRNA molecules per burst of

Value 1.14 molecules per burst Range: ±0.42 molecules per burst
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Yu J, Xiao J, Ren X, Lao K, Xie XS. Probing gene expression in live cells, one protein molecule at a time. Science. 2006 Mar 17 311(5767):1600-3. p.1601 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID16543458
Method "[Researchers] measured the cellular lifetime of tsr-venus mRNA to be tmRNA=1.5±0.2min (fig. S4) by a real-time RT-PCR assay after a pulse induction of the mRNA production. It follows that m=1.14±0.42 (a 95% confidence interval see SOM Text for more details)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 109041