Weak 5′-mRNA Secondary Structures in Short Eukaryotic Genes
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Weak 5′-mRNA Secondary Structures in Short Eukaryotic Genes
Experimental studies of translation have found that short genes tend to exhibit greater densities of ribosomes than long genes in eukaryotic species. It remains an open question whether the elevated ribosome density on short genes is due to faster initiation or slower elongation dynamics. Here, we address this question computationally using 5'-mRNA folding energy as a proxy for translation init...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Genome Biology and Evolution
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1759-6653
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evs082