Execution of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: what defines a substrate?

I Rebbapragada, J Lykke-Andersen - Current opinion in cell biology, 2009 - Elsevier
The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway targets mRNAs with premature
termination codons as well as a subset of normal mRNAs for rapid decay. Emerging …

A reconfigured pattern of MLL occupancy within mitotic chromatin promotes rapid transcriptional reactivation following mitotic exit

GA Blobel, S Kadauke, E Wang, AW Lau, J Zuber… - Molecular cell, 2009 - cell.com
Mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) and its metazoan Trithorax orthologs have been linked with
the epigenetic maintenance of transcriptional activity. To identify mechanisms by which MLL …

SMD and NMD are competitive pathways that contribute to myogenesis: effects on PAX3 and myogenin mRNAs

C Gong, YK Kim, CF Woeller, Y Tang… - Genes & …, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
UPF1 functions in both Staufen 1 (STAU1)-mediated mRNA decay (SMD) and nonsense-
mediated mRNA decay (NMD), which we show here are competitive pathways. STAU1-and …

A new MIF4G domain-containing protein, CTIF, directs nuclear cap-binding protein CBP80/20-dependent translation

KM Kim, H Cho, K Choi, J Kim, BW Kim… - Genes & …, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
During or right after mRNA export via the nuclear pore complex (NPC) in mammalian cells,
mRNAs undergo translation mediated by nuclear cap-binding proteins 80 and 20 …

Noisy splicing, more than expression regulation, explains why some exons are subject to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

Z Zhang, D Xin, P Wang, L Zhou, L Hu, X Kong… - BMC biology, 2009 - Springer
Background Nonsense-mediated decay is a mechanism that degrades mRNAs with a
premature termination codon. That some exons have premature termination codons at …

Homozygosity for a null allele of COL3A1 results in recessive Ehlers–Danlos syndrome

A Plancke, M Holder-Espinasse, V Rigau… - European journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
So far, mutations in the human COL3A1 gene have been associated with the predominantly
inherited Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS), vascular type. Genotype–phenotype correlation …

Evidence that the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay pathway participates in X chromosome dosage compensation in mammals

S Yin, W Deng, H Zheng, Z Zhang, L Hu… - … and biophysical research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Current models of X chromosome dosage compensation are usually framed by reference to
how regulation in transcriptional level elevates the gene expression of the active X …

Downregulation of Notch signaling by γ-secretase inhibition can abrogate chemotherapy-induced apoptosis in T-ALL cell lines

S Liu, S Breit, S Danckwardt, MU Muckenthaler… - Annals of …, 2009 - Springer
Activation of Notch1 signaling plays an important role in the pathogenesis of precursor T-cell
lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). The Notch1 receptor is cleaved and activated via the γ …

Quantitative sequence analysis of FBN1 premature termination codons provides evidence for incomplete NMD in leukocytes

I Magyar, D Colman, E Arnold, D Baumgartner… - Human …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We improved, evaluated, and used Sanger sequencing for quantification of single
nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants in transcripts and gDNA samples. This improved …

Expression-independent gene trap vectors for random and targeted mutagenesis in embryonic stem cells

A Tsakiridis, E Tzouanacou, A Rahman… - Nucleic acids …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Promoterless gene trap vectors have been widely used for high-efficiency gene targeting
and random mutagenesis in embryonic stem (ES) cells. Unfortunately, such vectors are only …