polyadenylation
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thumb|430px|Typical structure of a mature eukaryotic mRNA
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- Background on RNA
- Nuclear polyadenylation
- Function
- Mechanism
- Downstream effects
- Deadenylation
- Cytoplasmic polyadenylation
- Alternative polyadenylation
- Tagging for degradation in eukaryotes
- In prokaryotes and organelles
- Evolution
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thumb|430px|Typical structure of a mature eukaryotic mRNA
Polyadenylation is the addition of a poly(A) tail to an RNA transcript, typically a messenger RNA (mRNA). The poly(A) tail consists of multiple adenosine monophosphates; in other words, it is a stretch of RNA that has only adenine bases. In eukaryotes, polyadenylation is part of the process that produces mature mRNA for translation. In many bacteria, the poly(A) tail promotes degradation of the mRNA. It, therefore, forms part of the larger process of gene expression.
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