Overview
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Daniel R. Schoenberg
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus
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Table of contents (20 protocols)
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- Gregory J. Hannon, Douglas S. Conklin
Pages 255-266
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Back Matter
Pages 267-270
About this book
Cells possess a wealth of posttranscriptional control mechanisms that impact on every conceivable aspect of the life of an mRNA. These processes are intimately intertwined in an almost baroque manner, where promoter context influences the recruitment of splicing factors, where the majority of pre-mRNAs undergo alternative splicing, and where proteins deposited during nuclear processing impact distal cytoplasmic processing, translation, and decay. If there is a unifying theme to mRNA Processing and Metabolism: Methods and Protocols, it is that mRNA processing and metabolism are integrated processes. Many of the techniques used to study mRNA have been described in a previous volume of this series (RNA–Protein Interaction Protocols, Susan Haynes, ed.) and specialized methods journals. In selecting topics for mRNA Processing and Metabolism: Methods and Protocols, I sought input on new and novel techniques and approaches that build on this foundation using technological advances in microscopy, whole genome sequencing, microarrays, mass spectrometry, fluorescent detection methodologies, and RNA interference. I have tried not to bias this book toward any single model organism, and approaches described in the various chapters use yeast, Drosophila, Xenopus, mice, plants, and cultured mammalian cells.
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"...the shear diversity of current techniques on offer in this book makes it a valuable resource not only for those studying mRNA processing and metabolism but for those interested in RNA or RNA-protein interactions in general." - ChemBioChem
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus
Daniel R. Schoenberg