Attenuated Codon Optimality Contributes to Neural-Specific mRNA Decay in Drosophila

Summary: Tissue-specific mRNA stability is important for cell fate and physiology, but the mechanisms involved are not fully understood. We found that zygotic mRNA stability in Drosophila correlates with codon content: optimal codons are enriched in stable transcripts associated with metabolic funct...

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Main Authors: Dana A. Burow, Sophie Martin, Jade F. Quail, Najwa Alhusaini, Jeff Coller, Michael D. Cleary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221112471831129X