Illustration of the ribosome drop-off model.
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posted on 2017-05-30, 17:26 authored by Pierre Bonnin, Norbert Kern, Neil T. Young, Ian Stansfield, M. Carmen RomanoRibosomes bind to the first codon of the mRNA with rate α and leave the lattice representing the mRNA strand at the stop codon, with rate β. Throughout the mRNA lattice they can either hop to the next codon, if it is free, with rate k, or drop off the lattice with rate γ.
