Messenger RNA turnover in eukaryotes: Pathways and enzymes

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-216

  Meyer, Sylke ^a   Temme, Claudia ^a   Wahle, Elmar ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cap; mRNA decay; Poly(A) tail; Regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; HUR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA CAPPING; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA METHYLATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STEADY STATE; YEAST;

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; POLY A; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA CAP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 7444272009     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230490513991     Document Type: Review

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