... to increase the half-lives of mRNA reporters [ 8 – 10 ], resulting in deadenylated, but capped, forms, suggesting a role for Pat1p at the level of decapping [ 8 , 9 ]. Like several other decapping/decay factors including Dcp1, LSm1 (part of the LSm1–7 complex responsible for decapping activation) and Xrn1...