The evolution and diversity of the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway.

F1000Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Lloyd, James P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; NMD; RNA; RNA decay; SMG1; Transposable element; UPF1

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SMG1; PROTEIN SMG5; PROTEIN SMG6; PROTEIN SMG7; PROTEIN UPF1; PROTEIN UPF2; PROTEIN UPF3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN; INTRON; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASTICITY; PREMATURE TERMINATION CODON; REVIEW; STOP CODON; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CODON, NONSENSE; EUKARYOTA; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY;

EID: 85055076728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20461402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/F1000RESEARCH.15872.1     Document Type: Review

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