Widespread transcript shortening through alternative polyadenylation in secretory cell differentiation

Alternative polyadenylation generates multiple mRNA isoforms with different 3′ UTR sizes. Here the authors report global 3′ UTR shortening that is coupled to increased expression of secretory pathway genes in secretory cell differentiation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Larry C. Cheng, Dinghai Zheng, Erdene Baljinnyam, Fangzheng Sun, Koichi Ogami, Percy Luk Yeung, Mainul Hoque, Chi-Wei Lu, James L. Manley, Bin Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16959-2