Does an emergency visit to the ER make microRNAs stronger during stress?

Yoshinari Ando; Anthony K L Leung

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.022

Does an emergency visit to the ER make microRNAs stronger during stress?

Mol Cell. 2013 Oct 10;52(1):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.022.

Authors

Yoshinari Ando¹, Anthony K L Leung

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.

PMID: 24119397
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.022

Abstract

In this issue of Molecular Cell, Wu et al. (2013) report the identification of GW182-independent microRNA complexes that confer stronger repression upon serum starvation; interestingly, these complexes are associated with polyribosomes and the endoplasmic reticulum.

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MeSH terms

Animals
MicroRNAs / metabolism*
RNA-Induced Silencing Complex / metabolism*
Signal Transduction*

Substances

MicroRNAs
RNA-Induced Silencing Complex