Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: from vacuum cleaner to Swiss army knife

Published: 30 March 2004 Genome Biology 2004, 5:218 The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at http://genomebiology.com/2004/5/4/218 reports © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd Abstract deposited research Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) downmodulates mRNAs that have in-frame premature termination codons and prevents