To localize or not to localize: mRNA fate is in 3′UTR ends

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 465-474

  Andreassi, Catia ^a   Riccio, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; POLYADENYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 69549135202     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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