Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Inference of RNA decay rate from transcriptional profiling highlights the regulatory programs of Alzheimer’s disease

  • Rached Alkallas,
  • Lisa Fish,
  • Hani Goodarzi,
  • Hamed S. Najafabadi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00867-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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“mRNA abundance is determined by the rates of transcription and decay. Here, the authors propose a method for estimating the rate of differential mRNA decay from RNA-seq data and model mRNA stability in the brain, suggesting a link between mRNA stability and Alzheimer’s disease.”