Joerg E. Braun investigated how microRNAs promote messenger RNA degradation. The study found direct recruitment of deadenylase complexes by GW182 proteins, connecting target recognition with removal of the poly(A) tail.[ref]
GW182 proteins directly recruit cytoplasmic deadenylase complexes to miRNA targets by Joerg E. Braun and others. 2011, abstract: PAN2-PAN3 and CCR4-CAF1-NOT recruitment through PAN3 and NOT1
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