Translation efficiency and poly (A) tail length are not linearly correlated and only coupled in limited range, report scientists. This research is, 'helping to build the foundation for further work ...

Protein synthesis in the heart is a dynamic process, characterized by low synthesis rates in the adult heart that can increase substantially in periods of hypertrophy; however the regulatory ...

Before mRNA can be used by ribosomes as a guide to build proteins, it has to undergo a series of processing steps. This includes getting a series of adenine (A) nucleotides added by poly(A) polymerase ...