An estimate of the global error frequency in translation (original) (raw)

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Electrophoretic heterogeneity in a set of selected proteins is used to estimate the average error frequency during translation. Estimates based upon streptomycin-induced heterogeneity as well as mistranslation of an ochre codon yield an average error frequency of 4x10-4 for normally growing cells.

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1. Department of Genetics, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, Washington, USA
   Nathan Ellis & Jonathan Gallant

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Ellis, N., Gallant, J. An estimate of the global error frequency in translation.Mol Gen Genet 188, 169–172 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332670

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• Received: 03 May 1982
• Issue Date: December 1982
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332670

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