Initiation rate at rRNA gene

Range 4-58 Initiations/min/gene
Organism Bacteria Escherichia coli
Reference Bremer, H., Dennis, P. P. (1996) Modulation of chemical composition and other parameters of the cell by growth rate. Neidhardt, et al. eds. Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2nd ed. chapter 97 Table 1
Primary Source Table 3 - values at different half-lives and doubling times
Method The transcription initiation rate at each rRNA gene was calculated from the number of ribosomes per cell and the number of rRNA genes per cell, using the relationship irrn=Nr(ln2/tao)Nrrn
Entered by Uri M
ID 102362