title: Regulation of cytoplasmic mRNA decay.
abstract: Discoveries made over the past 20 years highlight the importance of mRNA decay as a means of modulating gene expression and thereby protein production. Up until recently, studies largely focused on identifying cis-acting sequences that serve as mRNA stability or instability elements, the proteins that bind these elements, how the process of translation influences mRNA decay and the ribonucleases that catalyse decay. Now, current studies have begun to elucidate how the decay process is regulated. This Review examines our current understanding of how mammalian cell mRNA decay is controlled by different signalling pathways and lays out a framework for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. schoenberg.3@osu.edu
authors.forename: Daniel R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: Lynne E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Maquat
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus; D000818:Animals; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008322:Mammals / Q000235:genetics; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D020871:RNA Stability; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear