3′ UTR Length and Messenger Ribonucleoprotein Composition Determine Endocleavage Efficiencies at Termination Codons

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) degrades different classes of mRNAs, including transcripts with premature termination codons (PTCs). The NMD factor SMG6 initiates degradation of substrate mRNAs by endonucleolytic cleavage. Here, we aim to delineate the cascade of NMD-activating events that culmin...

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Main Authors: Volker Boehm, Nejc Haberman, Franziska Ottens, Jernej Ule, Niels H. Gehring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714007803