Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in genetic diseases and cancer: key players, mechanisms, and a novel approach for suppression therapy

About one third of all genetic diseases and many forms of cancer are caused by nonsense or frameshift mutations that introduce premature translation-termination codons (PTCs) (1,2). Indeed, PTCs contribute significantly to the spectrum of inherited human diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne mu...

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Autor principal: Romão, Luísa (author)
Formato: report
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7189
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/7189