mRNA degradation: A tale of poly(A) and multiprotein machines

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-28

  Carpousis, Agamemnon J ^a   Vanzo, Nathalie F ^a   Raynal, Lelia C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYAMINOACID; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; SPINACH;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLY A; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA HELICASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032916509     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(98)01627-8     Document Type: Review

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