Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Fluid flow-induced left-right asymmetric decay of Dand5 mRNA in the mouse embryo requires a Bicc1-Ccr4 RNA degradation complex

  • Katsura Minegishi,
  • Benjamin Rothé,
  • Kaoru R. Komatsu,
  • Hiroki Ono,
  • Yayoi Ikawa,
  • Hiromi Nishimura,
  • Takanobu A. Katoh,
  • Eriko Kajikawa,
  • Xiaorei Sai,
  • Emi Miyashita,
  • Katsuyoshi Takaoka,
  • Kana Bando,
  • Hiroshi Kiyonari,
  • Tadashi Yamamoto,
  • Hirohide Saito,
  • Daniel B. Constam,
  • Hiroshi Hamada

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24295-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Questioning what regulates left-right asymmetry breaking in the mouse node: the authors identify a 200 bp stretch of the Dand5 3’UTR where Bicc1 binds, and Cnot proteins downstream of calcium flow regulate the post-transcriptional regulation of Dand5 by Bicc1.