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2023

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Regulation Of Protein Synthesis In Arabidopsis Thaliana Through A Bioinformatic And Mathematical Lens, Ricardo Andres Urquidi Camacho Dec 2023

Regulation Of Protein Synthesis In Arabidopsis Thaliana Through A Bioinformatic And Mathematical Lens, Ricardo Andres Urquidi Camacho

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Organisms exist under constantly varying environmental and internal conditions, which necessitate the differential regulation of gene expression. To synthesize proteins, the ribosome translates the information encoded in the nucleotide sequence of an mRNA into the final, functional amino acid sequence. Knockouts of ribosomal proteins lead to lethality. One such protein is the ribosomal protein 6 of the small subunit (eS6/RPS6). We confirmed that the knockout of either one of two eS6 paralogs in Arabidopsis leads to stunted growth and chlorosis. Here, these phenotypes have been further characterized in seedlings by precisely quantifying the ribosome loading of mRNAs as well as …