Papeles separables para alquiler1/hUpf1 en el empalme alterado y la descomposición de transcripciones sin sentido

Joshua T Mendell1, Colette M J ap Rhys, Harry C Dietz

  • 1Institute of Genetic Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 858 Ross Building, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 14, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Los factores de desintegración del ARNm mediados por el absurdo (NMD) influyen en el procesamiento pre-ARNm. El estudio encontró que rent1/hUpf1, esencial para la NMD, también impacta el empalme alterado mediado por no sentido (NAS), pero la NAS no es únicamente una consecuencia de la NMD.

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