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The 5'-3' exoribonuclease pacman is required for epithelial sheet sealing in Drosophila and genetically interacts with the phosphatase puckered.
Biology of the cell - 1 Dec 2008
Grima Dominic P, Sullivan Melanie, Zabolotskaya Maria V, Browne Cathy, Seago Julian, Wan Kay Chong, Okada Yoshio, Newbury Sarah F
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Ribonucleases have been well studied in yeast and bacteria, but their biological significance to developmental processes in multicellular organisms is not well understood. However, there is increasing evidence that specific timed transcript degradation is critical for regulation of many cellular processes, including translational repression, nonsense-mediated decay and RNA interference....
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