Abstract
Many fine-scale features of ribosomes have been explained in terms of function, revealing a molecular machine that is optimized for error-correction, speed and control. Here we demonstrate mathematically that many less well understood, larger-scale features of ribosomes - such as why a few ribosomal RNA molecules dominate the mass and why the ribosomal protein content is divided into 55-80 small, similarly sized segments - speed up their autocatalytic production.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 293-297 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 547 |
| Issue number | 7663 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 19 Jul 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General