The nonamer UUAUUUAUU is the key AU-rich sequence motif that mediates mRNA degradation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 2219-2230

  Zubiaga, Ana M ^a   Belasco, Joel G ^a   Greenberg, Michael E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BETA GLOBIN; MESSENGER RNA; URIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0028900073     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.4.2219     Document Type: Article

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