Utilizing the GCN4 leader region to investigate the role of the sequence determinants in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2810-2819

  Ruiz Echevarria, Maria J ^a   Peltz, Stuart W ^a  

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

Author keywords

cis acting instability elements; mRNA decay; mRNA turnover; Nonsense mutations; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029885420     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00641.x     Document Type: Article

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