Protein synthesis molecule by molecule

Genome Biol. 2006;7(6):221. doi: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-6-221.

Abstract

Since the earliest days of molecular biology it has been known that even a seemingly uniform culture of bacteria is made up of cells very different from each other in terms of their levels of a given protein. This individuality has now finally been quantified at single-molecule resolution, as reported in two recent papers.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Dictyostelium / genetics
  • Dictyostelium / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / analysis
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Protein Biosynthesis*
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • beta-Galactosidase / metabolism

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • beta-Galactosidase