Translational Bursting

Translational Bursting is the Main Source of Stochasticity in Prokaryotes

The amount of protein translated per strand of mRNA produced is characterized as a transcripts translational effciency or "burst parameter". Proteins are translated from mRNA in a pulsatile manner often described as "short bursting". Genes that are regulated by operons with low translational efficiency have a lower amount of noise than those exhibiting high translational efficiency. This is becuase a lower amount of mRNA in the cell means that the concentration of mRNA's be more susceptible to stochastic events such mRNA degredation.

Factors that Influence Translational Bursting

Factors that influence translational bursting are any factors that influence the presence of mRNA concentration in the cell.

Results

figure for how TB is better than FNE

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