Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in Drosophila: At the intersection of the yeast and mammalian pathways

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3960-3970

  Gatfield, David ^a   Unterholzner, Leonie ^a   Ciccarelli, Francesca D ^a   Bork, Peer ^a   Izaurralde, Elisa ^a  

^a MBL   (Germany)

Author keywords

EJC; mRNA decay; NMD; RNPS1; Y14

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN GENOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXONS; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0042025014     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg371     Document Type: Article

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