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. 2014 Mar 27;157(1):26–40. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.005

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Localized Gene Expression by Translational Control of Localized mRNAs

mRNAs and RNA-binding proteins form heterogeneous mRNP granules, which are transported to subcellular compartments in a translationally repressed state. Of locally stored mRNAs (local transcriptome), a selected pool of mRNAs is translated (local translatome) depending on the signaling input.