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Messenger RNA degradation: beginning at the end

Ambro van Hoof et al. Curr Biol. 2002.

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Abstract

The mechanisms responsible for mRNA decay in mammalian cells, and how specific sequence elements accelerate decay, are unknown. Recent work indicates that 'ARE' instability elements recruit the exosome to promote rapid 3'-to-5' degradation of the mRNA.

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