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Uridylation prevents 3' trimming of oligoadenylated mRNAs.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Aug 2013
Sement François Michaël, Ferrier Emilie, Zuber Hélène, Merret Rémy, Alioua Malek, Deragon Jean-Marc, Bousquet-Antonelli Cécile, Lange Heike, Gagliardi Dominique
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Degradation of mRNAs is usually initiated by deadenylation, the shortening of long poly(A) tails to oligo(A) tails of 12-15 As. Deadenylation leads to decapping and to subsequent 5' to 3' degradation by XRN proteins, or alternatively 3' to 5' degradation by the exosome. Decapping can also be induced by uridylation as shown for the non-polyadenylated histone mRNAs in humans and for several mRNAs in...
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