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The lifetimes of 1,259 transcripts in stationary phase E. coli were measured. The average lifetime is 7.8 min (standard deviation = 48.1 min), and the median lifetime is 4.6 min. The histogram displays the data on all 1,259 transcripts and the distribution of lifetimes up to 10 min (current figure panels) is shown in the inset.
