An investigation of the mechanism of histone mRNA 3' end formation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

In animals, the majority of replication-dependent histone mRNAs end in a highly conserved hairpin structure having undergone histone specific cleavage instead of polyadenylation.  The cleavage occurs between the hairpin and the histone downstream element (HDE) present in the 3’ untranslated region (...

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Main Author: Whitelaw, Sandra
Published: University of Aberdeen 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.440599