SGD DescriptionProtein involved in the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway; interacts with Nam7p and Upf3p; involved in telomere maintenance
PomBase Descriptionnonsense-mediated decay protein Upf2
AspGD DescriptionOrtholog(s) have role in DNA recombination, mRNA stabilization, nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, 3'-5' exonucleolytic nonsense-mediated decay and cytosol, polysome localization
References
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