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Misleading/incorrect title: The use of "gene" made me expect a claim about some kind of DNA modification after each transcription. This is about a claim that r
by nonbel 9y ago
Misleading/incorrect title:
The use of "gene" made me expect a claim about some kind of DNA modification after each transcription. This is about a claim that ribosomes may "pile up" on mRNA after each translation.
EDIT:
This single sentence is a much better summary than the article:
"We propose [a] mechanism is used to count and limit the number of protein molecules that can be synthesized from a single mRNA template.
http://www.nature.com/articles/nature25174 http://www.nature.com/articles/nature25174
So basically they propose there is a way to put an upper bound on number of proteins that result from each individual mRNA.