C-myc mRNA is a type of
mRNA
In molecular biology, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) is a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein.
mRNA is created during the ...
that serves as a template for the
MYC protein which is implicated in the rapid growth of
cancer cells
Cancer cells are cells that divide continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair. A parent cell divides to form two daughter cells, and these d ...
. This mRNA is a topic of ongoing research to investigate the viability of preventing cancer growth by cleaving or degrading the c-myc mRNA.
[{{cite journal
, last = Lee
, first = Chow H.
, authorlink = Chow H. Lee
, author2=Dan Sparanese
, title = CRD-BP shields c-myc and MDR-1 RNA from endonucleolytic attack by a mammalian endoribonuclease
, journal = Nucleic Acids Research
, volume = 35
, issue = 4
, pages = 1209–1221
, date = 31 January 2007
, doi = 10.1093/nar/gkl1148
, pmid = 17264115
, pmc = 1851641]
See also
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C-myc
''Myc'' is a family of regulator genes and proto-oncogenes that code for transcription factors. The ''Myc'' family consists of three related human genes: ''c-myc'' ( MYC), ''l-myc'' ( MYCL), and ''n-myc'' ( MYCN). ''c-myc'' (also sometimes re ...
References
RNA
Molecular biology