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List of works by Michael A. Sorensen

Absolute in vivo translation rates of individual codons in Escherichia coli. The two glutamic acid codons GAA and GAG are translated with a threefold difference in rate.

scientific article published in November 1991

Aminoacylation of hypomodified tRNAGlu in vivo

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Charging levels of four tRNA species in Escherichia coli Rel(+) and Rel(-) strains during amino acid starvation: a simple model for the effect of ppGpp on translational accuracy.

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Codon usage determines translation rate in Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 01 May 1989

Decreasing transcription elongation rate in Escherichia coli exposed to amino acid starvation

scientific article published on August 1, 1992

Existence of log-phase <i>Escherichia coli</i> persisters and lasting memory of a starvation pulse

scientific article published in 2021

High concentrations of ppGpp decrease the RNA chain growth rate. Implications for protein synthesis and translational fidelity during amino acid starvation in Escherichia coli.

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Prophages and Growth Dynamics Confound Experimental Results with Antibiotic-Tolerant Persister Cells.

scientific article published on 12 December 2017

Quantification of the Abundance and Charging Levels of Transfer RNAs in Escherichia coli.

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Ribosomal protein S1 is required for translation of most, if not all, natural mRNAs in Escherichia coli in vivo

scientific article published on July 24, 1998

Short-term kinetics of rRNA degradation in Escherichia coli upon starvation for carbon, amino acid or phosphate

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Synthesis of proteins in Escherichia coli is limited by the concentration of free ribosomes. Expression from reporter genes does not always reflect functional mRNA levels.

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The modification of the wobble base of tRNAGlu modulates the translation rate of glutamic acid codons in vivo

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

The rates of macromolecular chain elongation modulate the initiation frequencies for transcription and translation in Escherichia coli.

scientific article published on January 1993

Transfer RNA instability as a stress response in Escherichia coli: Rapid dynamics of the tRNA pool as a function of demand.

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Transfer RNA is highly unstable during early amino acid starvation in Escherichia coli

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