RNAse II copy number

Range ~5,000 copies/cell
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Folichon M, Marujo PE, Arluison V, Le Derout J, Pellegrini O, Hajnsdorf E, Régnier P. Fate of mRNA extremities generated by intrinsic termination: detailed analysis of reactions catalyzed by ribonuclease II and poly(A) polymerase. Biochimie. 2005 Sep-Oct87(9-10):819-26. p.823 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID15885870
Method "The amount of RNase II in E. coli was evaluated using immunostaining assays with purified enzymes and crude extracts."
Comments "[Researchers] determined that RNase II is present at a rate of approximately 5000 molecules in each E. coli cell."
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ID 108959