OBO ID: GO:0000184

Term Name:	nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	mRNA breakdown, nonsense-mediated decay mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated mRNA catabolism, nonsense-mediated mRNA degradation, nonsense-mediated decay nonsense-mediated mRNA decay nuclear mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay
Definition:	The nonsense-mediated decay pathway for nuclear-transcribed mRNAs degrades mRNAs in which an amino-acid codon has changed to a nonsense codon; this prevents the translation of such mRNAs into truncated, and potentially harmful, proteins. 10025395
References:	Wikipedia:Nonsense-mediated_decay Wikipedia:Nonsense-mediated_mRNA_decay
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO