Table 1.

Effect of sucrose on half-lives of αAmy3 mRNA and Luc mRNAs carrying various domains of αAmy3 3′ UTR

Transformed cell lines	Half-life		Fold of change in half-life (−S/+S)
	−S, min	+S, min
Amy3	300  ±  10	65  ±  3	4.6
Luc-Amy3	307  ±  6	60  ±  17	5.0
Luc-Nos	60  ±  3	150  ±  25	0.4
Luc-I-Nos	125  ±  36	50  ±  15	2.5
Luc-II-Nos	52  ±  3	100  ±  0	0.5
Luc-III-Nos	190  ±  4	100  ±  10	1.9