The Poly(A) Tail of mRNAs: Bodyguard in Eukaryotes, Scavenger in Bacteria Export

@article{citeulike:695275, abstract = {In eukaryotes, poly(A) tails usually act as stabilizers of intact mRNAs, whereas in E. coli they serve to accelerate the destruction of fragments. The mechanisms underlying these contrasting effects of the same RNA modification are discussed.}, author = {Dreyfus, Marc and Regnier, Philippe}, citeulike-article-id = {695275}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01137-6}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WSN-4C5HF3Y-3/2/fc8c503307e96bc0985e213a41b6303c}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01137-6}, journal = {Cell}, keywords = {mrna, polya}, month = {November}, number = {5}, pages = {611--613}, posted-at = {2006-06-13 23:42:18}, priority = {2}, title = {The Poly(A) Tail of mRNAs: Bodyguard in Eukaryotes, Scavenger in Bacteria}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01137-6}, volume = {111}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:695275 L3 - citeulike-article-id:695275 N2 - In eukaryotes, poly(A) tails usually act as stabilizers of intact mRNAs, whereas in E. coli they serve to accelerate the destruction of fragments. The mechanisms underlying these contrasting effects of the same RNA modification are discussed. IS - 5 JF - Cell EP - 613 TI - The Poly(A) Tail of mRNAs: Bodyguard in Eukaryotes, Scavenger in Bacteria VL - 111 SP - 611 KW - mrna KW - polya AU - Dreyfus, Marc AU - Regnier, Philippe PY - 2002/11/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01137-6 ER -