missing stop codon
n=1
a: missing stop codon ~
b: stuck assembly line
What:
"When mRNA is accidentally missing a stop codon, however, the ribosome is like an auto manufacturing plant that can't get a car off the end of the line-the line stalls and production stops. "In addition, these defective mRNA are problematic because they are translated into aberrant proteins"
Useful?
Writer: Claudio Joazeiro
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Date: Oct 8 2014 4:25 PM
# 6498 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.