Molecule of the Month August 2015 |
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Who wants to live forever? Vault RNA protects from cell death |
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Non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNA) are key players in controlling gene expression at multiple steps in all domains of life. Here we reveal the vault RNA, a highly conserved ncRNA in mammals, to protect human cancer cells from programmed cell death (apoptosis).
This work was carried out by Birgit Nachbauer and colleagues in the group of Prof. Norbert Polacek. References:
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