ELAV proteins stabilize deadenylated intermediates in a novel in vitro mRNA deadenylation/degradation system

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-201

  Ford, Lance P ^a   Watson, Janice ^b   Keene, Jack D ^b   Wilusz, Jeffrey ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deadenylation; ELAV proteins; mRNA degradation; mRNA stability; Poly(A)

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CAPPED RNA; CELL EXTRACT; EXORIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; PROTEIN S 100; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033555659     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.2.188     Document Type: Article

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