Mechanisms of mRNA surveillance in eukaryotes

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue , 1999, Pages 229-260

  Hilleren, P ^a   Parker, R ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic proofreading; MRNA biogenesis; mRNP remodeling; Nonsense decay; Translation termination

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

BIOGENESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC STABILITY; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033375911     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.229     Document Type: Review

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