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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Kasper Hansen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13532 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hansen Kasper Daniel KD Lareau Liana F LF Blanchette Marco M Green Richard E RE Meng Qi Q Rehwinkel Jan J Gallusser Fabian L FL Izaurralde Elisa E Rio Donald C DC Dudoit Sandrine S Brenner Steven E SE
PLoS genetics 20090619 6
Alternative mRNA splicing adds a layer of regulation to the expression of thousands of genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Not all alternative splicing results in functional protein; it can also yield mRNA isoforms with premature stop codons that are degraded by the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway. This coupling of alternative splicing and NMD provides a mechanism for gene regulation that is highly conserved in mammals. NMD is also active in Drosophila, but its effect on the repertoire ...[more]