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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cowling VH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3393636 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Oncogene 20091116 6
Cap-dependent mRNA translation requires the methylation of the mRNA guanosine cap by RNA guanine-7-methyltransferase (RNMT). mRNA cap methylation was recently described to be rate-limiting for a subset of mRNAs, and to be enhanced by expression of c-Myc and E2F1, although the biological significance of this finding was not investigated. Here, it is reported that increased RNMT expression enhances cellular mRNA cap methyltransferase activity, promotes mammary epithelial cell transformation and co ...[more]