| Range |
90 to 100 Nucleotides/ribosome
|
| Organism |
Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster |
| Reference |
Qin X, Ahn S, Speed TP, Rubin GM. Global analyses of mRNA translational control during early Drosophila embryogenesis. Genome Biol. 2007 8(4):R63.PubMed ID17448252
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| Method |
Researchers analyzed the translational status of transcripts during
early embryogenesis in a genome-wide approach |
| Comments |
Researchers estimate the average spacing of
ribosomes on the majority of transcripts in Drosophila
embryos to be about 30-32 amino acid codons, giving an average
ribosomal density of about 90-100 nucleotides per ribosome. Most mRNAs have a ribosomal density in the range of
25-40 codons per ribosome at all three developmental stages. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107446 |