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Nature Cell Biology 7, 1054 - 1055 (2005)
doi:10.1038/ncb1105-1054

Unleash the messenger

Asis K. Das1 & Gordon G. Carmichael2

  1. Asis K. Das is in the Department of Molecular, Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
  2. Gordon G. Carmichael is in the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. e-mail: carmichael@nso2.uchc.edu


A new paradigm for gene control has emerged — retaining mRNA in the nucleus to prevent its translation until the gene product is urgently needed.

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