Open AccessmRNAs sit out the stress in EGP bodies
Author(s) -
Ruth Williams
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of cell biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.414
H-Index - 380
eISSN - 1540-8140
pISSN - 0021-9525
DOI - 10.1083/jcb.1791iti2
Subject(s) - biology , stress granule , messenger rna , cytoplasm , translation (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , untranslated region , granule (geology) , three prime untranslated region , genetics , gene , paleontology
![][1] EGP bodies (yellow) are mRNA storage sites in times of stress.In times of stress, cells reduce translation to conserve resources. [Hoyle et al.][2] now report that many of the backed-up untranslated mRNAs hang out in a new type of cytoplasmic granule called EGP bodies.The
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