Non-invasive measurement of mRNA decay reveals translation initiation as the major determinant of mRNA stability
Leon Y Chan, Christopher Frederick Mugler, Stephanie Heinrich, Pascal Vallotton, Karsten Weis
The paper measures mRNA decay in yeast and finds translation initiation, not codon optimality or elongation, determines mRNA stability, with an average half-life of 4.8 minutes.
eLife · Sep 7, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics