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Link to this post | posted 14 Jan, 2023 16:43 | |
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debbie Hi Debbie, Yes, this makes sense - thanks! I was thinking about this in a chicken-or-egg way. Does a strong RBS which we "know" was previously used as a start site override coding potential, even though the frameshift has separated it from most of the coding potential, or is the coding potential enough for the ribosome to use a different/less favorable RBS (and how does the ribosome "know" where the coding potential is? philosophical questions of gene expression ). From your reply it sounds like we should favor the latter, which makes sense. |
Link to this post | posted 28 Dec, 2022 21:58 | |
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Hi Debbie & all, I'm looking at the start for the reverse gene w/ a stop at 42523 in Ciao and came across something interesting. Pippin_68 and Ciao_66 are virtually identical AA sequences, except for the first 4-8 AA's, and the frameshift mutation that occurred in Ciao to generate this is making me question which frame the "real" start codon is actually in. It made more sense with pictures and formatting that's hard to achieve in a forum post, so PDF is attached, including my question about which of two possible starts to call. Thanks! |