title: Messenger-RNA-binding proteins and the messages they carry.
abstract: From sites of transcription in the nucleus to the outreaches of the cytoplasm, messenger RNAs are associated with RNA-binding proteins. These proteins influence pre-mRNA processing as well as the transport, localization, translation and stability of mRNAs. Recent discoveries have shown that one group of these proteins marks exon exon junctions and has a role in mRNA export. These proteins communicate crucial information to the translation machinery for the surveillance of nonsense mutations and for mRNA localization and translation.
authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6148, USA. gdreyfuss@hhmi.upenn.edu
authors: Gideon
authors: G
authors: Dreyfuss
authors: V Narry
authors: VN
authors: Kim
authors: Naoyuki
authors: N
authors: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; C026452:messenger ribonucleoprotein