Protein Synthesis in E. coli: Dependence of Codon-Specific Elongation on tRNA Concentration and Codon Usage

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About the Authors

Sophia Rudorf

Affiliation Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

Reinhard Lipowsky

Affiliation Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Conceived and designed the experiments: SR RL. Performed the experiments: SR RL. Analyzed the data: SR RL. Wrote the paper: SR RL.

Transfer RNA
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Ribosomes
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Messenger RNA
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Markov processes
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Protein translation
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Protein synthesis
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Dwell time
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Elongation factors
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