Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: Terminating erroneous gene expression

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Baker, Kristian E ^a   Parker, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

cap binding protein; CBP; downstream sequence element; DSE; EJC; exon exon junction complex; messenger ribonucleoprotein particle; mRNP; NMD; nonsense mediated mRNA decay; open reading frame; ORF; PARN; poly(A) ribonuclease; PTC

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; INITIATION FACTOR 4B; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INITIATION FACTOR 4I; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN UPF; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENYLATION; CODON; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION; YEAST;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; CODON, NONSENSE; CODON, TERMINATOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 2342456308     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2004.03.003     Document Type: Review

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