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Review
. 2009 Jun;10(6):430-6.
doi: 10.1038/nrm2694.

RNA granules: post-transcriptional and epigenetic modulators of gene expression

Paul Anderson  1 , Nancy Kedersha
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Review

RNA granules: post-transcriptional and epigenetic modulators of gene expression

Paul Anderson et al. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2009 Jun.

Abstract

The composition of cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoproteins (mRNPs) is determined by their nuclear and cytoplasmic histories and reflects past functions and future fates. The protein components of selected mRNP complexes promote their assembly into microscopically visible cytoplasmic RNA granules, including stress granules, processing bodies and germ cell (or polar) granules. We propose that RNA granules can be both a cause and a consequence of altered mRNA translation, decay or editing. In this capacity, RNA granules serve as key modulators of post-transcriptional and epigenetic gene expression.

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