Difference between revisions of "Help:PoPS"
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| − | Polymerase Per Second (or PoPS) is defined as the number of times that an RNA polymerase molecule passes a specific point on DNA per unit time (e.g., from the 3' end of a promoter part into the 5' end of a | + | Polymerase Per Second (or PoPS) is defined as the number of times that an RNA polymerase molecule passes a specific point on DNA per unit time (e.g., from the 3' end of a promoter part into the 5' end of a downstream part such as a ribosome binding site). PoPS are measured indirectly by introducing a test gene with the same regulatory region but with a CFP protein coding region and measuring the fluorescence. For more information please see the "Adventures in Synthetic Biology" [http://www.openwetware.org/adventures/ comic]. |
This concept is related to [[Help:RiPS]], the ''Ri''bosomes ''P''er ''S''econd of a system. <br> | This concept is related to [[Help:RiPS]], the ''Ri''bosomes ''P''er ''S''econd of a system. <br> | ||
Revision as of 15:52, 5 October 2006
Polymerase Per Second:
Polymerase Per Second (or PoPS) is defined as the number of times that an RNA polymerase molecule passes a specific point on DNA per unit time (e.g., from the 3' end of a promoter part into the 5' end of a downstream part such as a ribosome binding site). PoPS are measured indirectly by introducing a test gene with the same regulatory region but with a CFP protein coding region and measuring the fluorescence. For more information please see the "Adventures in Synthetic Biology" [http://www.openwetware.org/adventures/ comic].
This concept is related to Help:RiPS, the Ribosomes Per Second of a system.
An older term which is used synonymously with PoPs is TiPS, the Transcription initiations Per Second of a system.
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