Percentage of RNA-polymerase-II-mediated transcription initiation events that involve ribosomal protein (RP) genes
| Value | 50 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Reference | JR Warner,The economics of ribosome biosynthesis in yeast,Trends Biochem Sci. 1999 Nov24(11):437-40. p.437 right column top paragraphPubMed ID10542411 |
| Comments | "As the RP [ribosomal protein] mRNAs are relatively short-lived compared with other mRNAs (Ref. 9 PMID 10409730), an estimated 50% of the RNA-polymerase- II-mediated transcription initiation events involve RP genes." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107349 |