title: Deadenylylation: a mechanism controlling c-fos mRNA decay.
abstract: The c-fos proto-oncogene mRNA is extremely labile and is rapidly degraded within minutes after being transported to the cytoplasm of growth factor-stimulated fibroblasts. Analysis of the structural determinants controlling c-fos message decay reveals that this message contains at least two functionally independent elements that are responsible for its short half-life. One of these determinants is an AU-rich sequence present in the 3' untranslated region of the c-fos message, whereas the other determinant, which is structurally unrelated to the AU-rich element, is located within the c-fos protein-coding sequence. Both the c-fos AU-rich element and the coding region instability determinant appear to function by facilitating rapid removal of the c-fos poly(A) tail as a first step in the mRNA degradation process.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
authors: M E
authors: ME
authors: Greenberg
authors: A B
authors: AB
authors: Shyu
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: Belasco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000235:genetics*; D005914:Globins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D005914:Globins