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SUBMITTER: Speese SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3371233 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Speese Sean D SD Ashley James J Jokhi Vahbiz V Nunnari John J Barria Romina R Li Yihang Y Ataman Bulent B Koon Alex A Chang Young-Tae YT Li Qian Q Moore Melissa J MJ Budnik Vivian V
Cell 20120501 4
Localized protein synthesis requires assembly and transport of translationally silenced ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs), some of which are exceptionally large. Where in the cell such large RNP granules first assemble was heretofore unknown. We previously reported that during synapse development, a fragment of the Wnt-1 receptor, DFrizzled2, enters postsynaptic nuclei where it forms prominent foci. Here we show that these foci constitute large RNP granules harboring synaptic protein transcript ...[more]