Publication Date:
1989-08-25
Description:
The messenger RNAs specifying certain proteins involved in the inflammatory response and certain oncoproteins contain a conserved UA-rich sequence in the 3' untranslated region. This sequence, which is composed of several interspersed repeats of the octanucleotide UUAUUUAU, has been shown to destabilize mRNA in some eukaryotes. However, this effect is not seen when mRNAs are transferred to Xenopus oocytes, which made it possible to separate stability from translational regulation. For interferon, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and c-fos RNAs, the UA-rich sequence was observed to preclude mRNA translation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kruys, V -- Marinx, O -- Shaw, G -- Deschamps, J -- Huez, G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Aug 25;245(4920):852-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departement de Biologie Moleculaire, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2672333" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Colony-Stimulating Factors/*genetics
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Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Growth Substances/*genetics
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Interferon Type I/*genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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*Protein Biosynthesis
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*Proto-Oncogenes
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RNA, Messenger/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
