Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is a surveillance pathway that accelerates the decay of transcripts in which translation termination has occurred prematurely. NMD can be initiated by mRNA decapping ...
Many human diseases are caused by point mutations that affect RNA splicing. It has been observed that nonsense mutations that generate premature termination of translation products can drive the use ...
Between 10 to 15% of all genetic diseases have the same underlying cause: a nonsense mutation. 1 This type of mutation results from a stop codon in the middle of a gene sequence, which terminates ...