Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay
Synonyms
Decay, Nonsense-Mediated mRNA
Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay
mRNA Decay, Nonsense-Mediated
An mRNA metabolic process that distinguishes a normal STOP CODON from a premature stop codon (NONSENSE CODON) and facilitates rapid degradation of aberrant mRNAs containing premature stop codons.
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