= Post-transcriptional regulation
<Post-transcriptional regulation> controls <gene expression> after <RNA> synthesis through processes such as <RNA splicing>, export, localization, <biological translation> and degradation. Two <cells> can produce the same initial transcript yet accumulate different mature products if processing or stability differs. <Nonsense-mediated decay> illustrates selective removal based partly on the context of <biological translation> termination. Transcript abundance alone therefore cannot distinguish altered <transcription> from altered lifetime. <Molecular Biology of the Cell, 4th edition by Bruce Alberts and others>[Chapter 7, Posttranscriptional Controls]{ref}
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