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SUBMITTER: Wang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1299256 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Wengong W Martindale Jennifer L JL Yang Xiaoling X Chrest Francis J FJ Gorospe Myriam M
EMBO reports 20050201 2
Expression of p16(INK4a) is elevated during ageing and replicative senescence. Here, we report the presence of an instability determinant within the 3'-untranslated region (UTR) of the p16 messenger RNA in WI-38 human diploid fibroblasts. The p16 3'UTR was found to be a specific target of AUF1, an RNA-binding protein implicated in promoting mRNA decay. Both AUF1 levels and AUF1-p16 mRNA associations were strikingly more abundant in early-passage than late-passage fibroblast cultures. Moreover, s ...[more]