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Naked mole-rat has increased translational fidelity compared with the mouse, as well as a unique 28S ribosomal RNA cleavage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Oct 2013
Azpurua Jorge, Ke Zhonghe, Chen Iris X, Zhang Quanwei, Ermolenko Dmitri N, Zhang Zhengdong D, Gorbunova Vera, Seluanov Andrei
Abstract excerpt
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber) is a subterranean eusocial rodent with a markedly long lifespan and resistance to tumorigenesis. Multiple data implicate modulation of protein translation in longevity. Here we report that 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of the naked mole-rat is processed into two smaller fragments of unequal size. The two breakpoints are located in the 28S rRNA divergent region 6 and excise a...
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