How would you make transcription and translation work when you no longer have a nucleus? Bacteria have an interesting answer. Attenuation, or dampening, of the trp operon is made possible by the ...

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As previously noted, in bacteria, transcription and translation take place simultaneously, and mRNAs are relatively short-lived. In eukaryotes, however, mRNAs have highly variable half-lives ...

Protein biosynthesis—the process whereby cells produce protein molecules, which are essential for life and growth—is a highly ...

Bacteria are the best-understood prokaryotes ... which helps the mRNA unfold in preparation for translation inside the ribosome. The cryo-EM structures of Webster and Weixlbaumer pinpointed ...

Bacteria are the best-understood prokaryotes ... which helps the mRNA unfold in preparation for translation inside the ribosome. The cryo-EM structures of Webster and Weixlbaumer pinpointed ...