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TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 90-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(01)02225-5
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Recent studies of the eukaryotic ribosomal RNA processing pathway have identified a complex of ten riboexonucleases called the exosome that plays a central role in the precise formation of the 3' ends of several types of RNAs. The exosome also destroys excess ribosomal RNA precursors and unused intermediates and degrades poly(A)-mRNAs in the cytoplasm. In the nucleus, the complex appears to function in a regulated mRNA surveillance system that degrades transcripts in response to defects in the mRNA processing and export pathways. How the cell regulates the nucleolytic prowess of the exosome to ensure correct and timely synthesis and destruction of RNAs is a central focus of current research.
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