Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on June 18, 2005.

Genetics, Vol. 171, 403-406, September 2005, Copyright © 2005
doi:10.1534/genetics.105.045674

Smg1 Nonsense Mutations Do Not Abolish Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay in Drosophila melanogaster

* Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation Research, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia and {dagger} Bio21 Institute of Molecular Science and Biotechnology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia

1 Corresponding author: Genetics Department, University of Melbourne, Gate 12 Royal Parade, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
E-mail: crobin{at}unimelb.edu.au

Smg1 is a key component of nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) in Caenorhabditis elegans and mammals. Here we report that two nonsense alleles of the ortholog of Smg1 do not affect NMD in Drosophila melanogaster.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
J. Biol. Chem.Home page
Y. Dang, W.-K. Low, J. Xu, N. H. Gehring, H. C. Dietz, D. Romo, and J. O. Liu
Inhibition of Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay by the Natural Product Pateamine A through Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4AIII
J. Biol. Chem., August 28, 2009; 284(35): 23613 - 23621.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Genes Dev.Home page
O. Isken and L. E. Maquat
Quality control of eukaryotic mRNA: safeguarding cells from abnormal mRNA function
Genes & Dev., August 1, 2007; 21(15): 1833 - 3856.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
J. Biol. Chem.Home page
T. Morita, A. Yamashita, I. Kashima, K. Ogata, S. Ishiura, and S. Ohno
Distant N- and C-terminal Domains Are Required for Intrinsic Kinase Activity of SMG-1, a Critical Component of Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay
J. Biol. Chem., March 16, 2007; 282(11): 7799 - 7808.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]