Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay effectors are essential for zebrafish embryonic development and survival

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3517-3528

  Wittkopp, Nadine ^a   Huntzinger, Eric ^a   Weiler, Catrin ^a   Sauliére, Jérôme ^a   Schmidt, Steffen ^a   Sonawane, Mahendra ^a   Izaurralde, Elisa ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXON; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SPLICING; SMG1 GENE; SMG5 GENE; SMG6 GENE; SMG7 GENE; STOP CODON; UPF1 GENE; UPF2 GENE; UPF3 GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXONS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650096774     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00177-09     Document Type: Article

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