RNA biology : an introduction /
By: Meister, Gunter.
Publisher: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2011Description: xvi, 363 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 3527322787 (pbk.); 9783527322787:; 9783527322787 (pbk.).Subject(s): Biochemical genetics | RNA | Nucleotide sequenceDDC classification: 572.88Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 572.88 MEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0076737 |
Includes bibliographical references, appendix and index.
MRNA biology -- Transcription of pre-mRNAs -- Capping of the pre-mRNA 5' end -- 3' end processing of pre-mRNAs -- Splicing of eukaryotic pre-mRNAs -- mRNA export from the nucleus to the cytoplasm -- Translation -- Deadenylation of mRNA -- mRNA decapping -- mRNA decay pathways -- mRNA quality control -- Non-coding RNA biology -- Ribosomal RNAs and the biogenesis of ribosomes -- Transfer RNAs -- 7SL RNA and the signal recognition particle -- Regulation of transcription: the 7SK small nuclear RNA -- Small nuclear RNAs -- Spliceosomal small nuclear RNAs -- Small non-coding RNAs and the mechanism of gene-silencing -- Long non-coding RNAs -- RNA editing -- Ribozymes: catalytic RNA molecules -- Riboswitches and RNA sensors -- RNomics.
Ribonucleic acids (RNAs) are a family of small to intermediate-sized biomolecules - as opposed to DNAs which are huge - abundantly found in all cells. They regulate and mediate the flow of genetic information and also fulfill a host of other function.