Some research suggests that translation of proteins is regulated by ribosome stalling: ribosomes attach to mRNA and then stall; elongation commences only in response to a specific stimulus. What might be an advantage to gene regulation by ribosome stalling?

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Chapter16: Gene Expression
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Problem 18RQ: IS. Alternative splicing has been estimated to occur in more than 95% of multi-exon genes. Which of...
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Some research suggests that translation of proteins is regulated by
ribosome stalling: ribosomes attach to mRNA and then stall;
elongation commences only in response to a specific stimulus. What
might be an advantage to gene regulation by ribosome stalling?

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