Nutrient availability can cause whole-genome recoding
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
The availability of a trace nutrient can cause genome-wide changes to how organisms encode proteins, report scientists from the University of Chicago in PLoS Biology on Dec. 9. The use of the nutrient - which is produced by bacteria and absorbed in the gut - appears to boost the speed and accuracy of protein production in specific ways.