RNA'Protein Interaction Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology, Band 118) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896035689 ISBN 13: 9780896035683

Verlag: Humana Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

The molecular characterization of RNA and its interactions with proteins is an important and exciting area of current research. Organisms utilize a variety of RNA–protein interactions to regulate the expression of their genes. This is particularly true for eukaryotes, since newly synthesized messenger RNA must be extensively modified and transported to the cytoplasm before it can be used for protein synthesis. The realization that posttranscriptional processes are critical components of gene regulation has sparked an explosion of interest in both stable ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes and transient RNA–protein interactions. RNA is conformationally flexible and can adopt complex structures that provide diverse surfaces for interactions with proteins. The fact that short RNA molecules (aptamers; see Chapter 16) can be selected to bind many different types of molecules is evidence of the structural variability of RNA. RNA molecules are rarely entirely single- or double-stranded, but usually contain multiple short duplexes interrupted by single-stranded loops and bulges; in some RNAs, such as tRNAs, the short duplexes stack on each other. Further variability is generated by the presence of non-Watson-Crick base pairs, modified nucleotides, and more complex structures, such as pseudoknots and triple-strand interactions.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Humana Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0896035689
• ISBN 13: 9780896035683
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 481
• Herausgeber: Haynes Susan R.
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