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ELAV proteins along evolution: back to the nucleus?

Claudia Colombrita1, Vincenzo Silani, Antonia Ratti

  • 1Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Via Zucchi, 18, 20095 Cusano Milanino (Milan), Italy; Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, "Dino Ferrari" Center, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Sforza, 35, 20122 Milan, Italy.

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences
|February 27, 2013
PubMed
Summary

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) like ELAV are crucial for brain function. Their roles in RNA regulation evolve across species, impacting neuronal development and plasticity.

Keywords:
AREAU-binding factor 1AU-rich elementAUBFAUF1CARM1CGRPCPEBCPSF160CstF64ELAVFMRPGAP-43HDAC2KH-type splicing regulatory proteinKSRPPABPPKCαPolyadenylationPost-transcriptional regulationRBPRNA recognition motifRNA-binding proteinRNA-binding protein 9RRMSMNSplicingT-cell intracellular antigen-1TAR DNA-binding protein 43TDP-43TIA-1TIA-1-related proteinTIAR-1TTPUTRZBP1adenosine–uridine binding factorcalcitonin gene-related peptidecleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor 160 subunitcleavage stimulation factor 64 subunitcoactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1cytoplasmic polyadenylation element bindingeiF4Aelavembryonic lethal abnormal visioneukaryotic initiation factor 4Afnefound in neuronsfragile X mental retardation proteingrowth-associated protein 43histone deacetylase 2mRNA stabilitymiRNAmicroRNApolyA-binding proteinprotein kinase C αrbp9survival of motoneuronstristetrapolinuntranslated regionzipcode binding protein1

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