Identification and characterization of mutations in the UPF1 gene that affect nonsense suppression and the formation of the Upf protein complex but not mRNA turnover

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5491-5506

  Weng, Youmin ^a,b   Czaplinski, Kevin ^a   Peltz, Stuart W ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029790557     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5491     Document Type: Article

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