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Identification of a human decapping complex associated with hUpf proteins in nonsense-mediated decay.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Dec 2002
Lykke-Andersen Jens
Abstract excerpt
Decapping is a key step in general and regulated mRNA decay. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae it constitutes a rate-limiting step in the nonsense-mediated decay pathway that rids cells of mRNAs containing premature termination codons. Here two human decapping enzymes are identified, hDcp1a and hDcp2, as well as a homolog of hDcp1a, termed hDcp1b. Transiently expressed hDcp1a and hDcp2 proteins localize primarily to...
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