Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in humans at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 461-467

  Kurosaki, Tatsuaki ^a,b   Maquat, Lynne E ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

MRNA surveillance; NMD; RNA quality control; Superfamily 1 ATP dependent RNA helicase; UPF1 protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMLEXANOX; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ATALUREN; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPFRAMESHIFT PROTEIN 1; STOP CODON; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UPF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA SPLICING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; GENETICS; STOP CODON;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CODON, NONSENSE; HUMANS; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84957693537     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.181008     Document Type: Article

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