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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Charlotte Schjerling
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-1371 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Genes & development 20080501 10
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a post-transcriptional surveillance process that eliminates mRNAs containing premature termination codons (PTCs). NMD has been hypothesized to impact on several aspects of cellular function; however, its importance in the context of a mammalian organism has not been addressed in detail. Here we use mouse genetics to demonstrate that hematopoietic-specific deletion of Upf2, a core NMD factor, led to the rapid, complete, and lasting cell-autonomous extinction ...[more]