Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: A comparative analysis different species

Current Genomics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 175-190

  Maquat, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis acting destabilizing elements; Deadenylation and 3' to 5' mRNA decay; Decapping and 5' to 3' mRNA decay; Nonsense mediated mRNA decay; Premature termination of translation; RNA surveillance; Smg proteins; Upf proteins

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARABIDOPSIS; BLASTOCYST; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO CULTURE; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MAMMAL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STOP CODON;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1842689543     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202043349453     Document Type: Review

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