Abstract
Processivity is a measure of the probability that a ribosome that has initiated translation of an mRNA will complete the corresponding protein. Accordingly, all errors causing abortive termination of a nascent polypeptide chain prior to its completion are collectively defined as processivity errors.
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Dong, H. (1998). The Measurement of Processivity Errors in Protein Synthesis. In: Martin, R. (eds) Protein Synthesis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 77. Springer, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-397-X:33
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