Percent of total RNA that is mRNA
| Value | 5 % |
|---|---|
| Organism | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Reference | Warner JR. The economics of ribosome biosynthesis in yeast. Trends Biochem Sci. 1999 Nov24(11):437-40 p.437 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID10542411 |
| Comments | "The ratio of RNA to DNA in a rapidly growing cell of S. cerevisiae is 50:1 (indeed, the original name for RNA was ‘yeast nucleic acid’). The approximate distribution of RNA is 80% rRNA, 15% tRNA and 5% mRNA." For mRNA fraction of total RNA of ˜3% (in unspecified organism) see Han & Lillard 2000 PMID 10994967 p.4076 right column 2nd paragraph |
| Entered by | Ron Milo - Admin |
| ID | 100264 |