Novel mRNA-specific effects of ribosome drop-off on translation rate and polysome profile
Fig 2
Illustration of the ribosome drop-off model.
Ribosomes bind to the first codon of the mRNA with rate α and leave the lattice representing the mRNA strand at the stop codon, with rate β. Throughout the mRNA lattice they can either hop to the next codon, if it is free, with rate k, or drop off the lattice with rate γ.