| Value |
1.5
min
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| 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 bottom paragraphPubMed ID16543458
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| Comments |
"[Researchers] show the histogram of the number
of protein molecules (n) produced per mRNA
molecule (Fig. 4B). The distribution fits well
with a single exponential decay, which is termed
the geometric distribution for integer n. This
distribution arises from the stochastic cellular
lifetime of an mRNA molecule with mean
tmRNA=1.5 min (fig. S4) due to degradation
of mRNA by ribonuclease (RNase) E, which
competes with ribosomes for mRNA binding
(33)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109042 |