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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (341)
Abstract

Whereas the original size of poly(A) in HeLa cells is about 200 nucleotides, at steady state most of the poly(A) in mRNA contains less than 50 nucleotides. An endonucleolytic attack on poly(A) is suggested as the most likely method to accumulate short pieces of poly(A). Both poly(A) shortening and mRNA turnover appear to be inhibited by emetine, a drug that stops translation. It is possible that a random endonucleolytic attack leads to scission of poly(A) to a size below which the mRNA is unstable.

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Sheiness, D., Puckett, L., & Darnell, J. E. (1975). Possible relationship of poly(A) shortening to mRNA turnover. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 72(3), 1077–1081.

Authors 3
  1. D Sheiness (first)
  2. L Puckett (additional)
  3. J E Darnell (additional)
References 0 Referenced 67

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Created 19 years, 3 months ago (May 31, 2006, 3:05 a.m.)
Deposited 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 10:33 a.m.)
Indexed 1 year, 1 month ago (July 10, 2024, 11:53 a.m.)
Issued 50 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1975)
Published 50 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1975)
Published Online 50 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1975)
Published Print 50 years, 6 months ago (March 1, 1975)
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@article{Sheiness_1975, title={Possible relationship of poly(A) shortening to mRNA turnover.}, volume={72}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.3.1077}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.72.3.1077}, number={3}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Sheiness, D and Puckett, L and Darnell, J E}, year={1975}, month=mar, pages={1077–1081} }