Life and death in the cytoplasm: messages from the 3' end.

doi:10.1016/s0959-437x(97)80132-3

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Life and death in the cytoplasm: messages from the 3' end.

Current opinion in genetics & development - 1 Apr 1997

Wickens M, Anderson P, Jackson R J

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The cytoplasmic life of an mRNA revolves around the regulation of its localization, translation and stability. Interactions between the two ends of the mRNA may integrate translation and mRNA turnover. Regulatory elements in the region between the termination codon and poly(A) tail - the 3' untra...

Topics

Animals
Cytoplasm
Humans
Mutation
Poly A
Protein Biosynthesis
RNA, Messenger
Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Transcription Factors
Yeasts

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