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UPF1 is required for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) and RNAi in Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2006
Arciga-Reyes Luis, Wootton Lucie, Kieffer Martin, Davies Brendan
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant mRNAs containing premature termination codons (PTCs) have the potential to be translated into truncated proteins, which could act to the detriment of the organism by interfering with normal cellular processes. Eukaryotes have mechanisms of mRNA quality control that identify PTC-containing transcripts and target them for destruction, a process known as nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). Surprising...
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