basic FUNCTION
| cytotoxic granule associated RNA binding protein |
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regulator of alternative pre-mRNA splicing |
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may be involved in induction of apoptosis |
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may have dual role in shuttling between DNA and RNA ligands to co-regulate COL2A1 expression at the level of transcription and pre-mRNA alternative splicing |
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major granule associated species |
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translational silencer of COX2, selectively regulating the expression of TNF |
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nucleolytic activity against cytotoxic lymphocyte target cells |
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acting as a post-transcriptional silencer, and suppressing the production of the TNF-alpha protein |
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TIA1, and TIAL1 are mRNA-binding proteins that can aggregate within granules under specific stress conditions  |
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its expression counteracts the inhibitory effect of polypyrimidine tract binding protein, a ubiquitously expressed factor recently implicated in regulation of SMN exon 7 splicing  |