The long and short of it

Elife. 2021 Jul 2:10:e70757. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70757.

Abstract

Longer poly(A) tails improve translation in early development, but not in mature cells that have higher levels of the protein PABPC.

Keywords: PABPC1; Xenopus oocytes; chromosomes; gene expression; human; mouse; poly(A) tail; regulation of mRNA stability; regulation of translation; translation; xenopus.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Oocytes*
  • RNA, Messenger

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger