Translation is the process of protein synthesis. The information encoded in the mRNA is translated into amino acid sequence by the joint activity of tRNAs and the ribosome.
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Does the MS2 RNA binding protein have any translational repression effects?
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I'm thinking of the MS2 protein binding to its RNA hairpin target. Would the ...
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What is the translation termination efficiency in mammalian cells?
When I express proteins in bacteria I put at least two stop codons at the end of the gene to increase the termination efficiency. Is this the case in eukaryotic cells too? If I put a single stop codon ...
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Has anyone ever sucessfully translated xRNA or yRNA?
I've recently been researching the subject of size-expanded nucleobases in alternative genetic sets. Many papers describe the, at least, partial success in replicating xDNA and yDNA, as well as ...
