Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: novel mechanistic insights and biological impact

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 661-682

  Karousis, Evangelos D ^a   Nasif, Sofia ^a   Mühlemann, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMG1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPF1 PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CODON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE TERMINATION CODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84985896452     PISSN: 17577004     EISSN: 17577012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1357     Document Type: Article

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