“…Changes in poly(A) tail length chiefly contribute to the stability and translation of mRNA ( Passmore & Coller, 2021 ). Poly(A) tail elongation has been shown to promote translation in biological contexts as diverse as oocyte maturation, early embryonic development, neuronal plasticity, bone formation, cell proliferation, senescence, inflammation, metabolism, circadian gene expression, hibernation, and cancer (reviewed in Kojima et al [2012] , D’Ambrogio et al [2014] , Ivshina et al [2014] , Grabek et al [2015] , Kozlov et al [2021] , Gewartowska et al [2021] ). This process is typically controlled by the cytoplasmic polyadenylation element–binding (CPEB) family of proteins, which bind to U-rich cytoplasmic polyadenylation elements (CPEs) in the 3′ UTR of transcripts ( Ivshina et al, 2014 ).…”