Figure 5.
Translational efficiencies of essential genes are enhanced by SL1 trans-splicing. (A) Essential genes exhibit higher translational efficiencies than nonessential genes (P-value was given by the Mann-Whitney U test). (B) The proportion of genes that are essential is higher in SL1 trans-spliced genes (P-values were given by Fisher's exact test). This observation holds when genes were separated into two groups: within operons and out of operons. (C) After controlling for the type of trans-splicing, translational efficiencies are similar between essential and nonessential genes (P-values were given by the Mann-Whitney U test).
