mRNA structure regulates protein expression through changes in functional half-life
David Mauger, B. Joseph Cabral, Vladimir Presnyak, Stephen V. Su, David W. Reid, Brooke A. Goodman, Kristian H. Link, Nikhil Khatwani, John Reynders, Melissa J. Moore, Iain J. McFadyen
The paper shows that mRNA secondary structure affects protein expression by altering functional mRNA half-life, independent of codon usage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Nov 11, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology