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Cells alter their tRNA abundance to selectively regulate protein synthesis during stress conditions

Marc Torrent, Guilhem Chalancon, Natalia S. de Groot and 2 more

Science Signaling · 2018

doi:10.1126/scisignal.aat6409

Abstract

Stress-induced changes in tRNA abundance enhance the translation efficiency of stress response proteins.

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