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. 2009 Mar;34(3):146-53.
doi: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.11.004. Epub 2009 Feb 7.

Cellular stress and RNA splicing

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Cellular stress and RNA splicing

Giuseppe Biamonti et al. Trends Biochem Sci. 2009 Mar.
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Abstract

In response to physical and chemical stresses that affect protein folding and, thus, the execution of normal metabolic processes, cells activate gene-expression strategies aimed at increasing their chance of survival. One target of several stressing agents is pre-mRNA splicing, which is inhibited upon heat shock. Recently, the molecular basis of this splicing inhibition has begun to emerge. Interestingly, different mechanisms seem to be in place to block constitutive pre-mRNA splicing and to affect alternative splicing regulation. This could be important to modulate gene expression during recovery from stress. Thus, pre-mRNA splicing emerges as a central mechanism to integrate cellular and metabolic stresses into gene-expression profiles.

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