Los parálogos de genes antagónicos Upf3a y Upf3b gobiernan la descomposición del ARN mediada por el absurdo

Eleen Y Shum1, Samantha H Jones1, Ada Shao1

  • 1Department of Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92103, USA.

Cell
|April 5, 2016
PubMed
Resumen

La duplicación de genes creó UPF3A, un inhibidor de NMD que estabiliza las transcripciones. La pérdida de UPF3A causa hiper-NMD, lo que lleva a defectos de desarrollo en ratones.

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