Abstract
In recent years, interest in RNA-binding proteins (RNA-BPs) and RNA-protein interactions has grown considerably. An important reason for this interest is the increased recognition that RNA-BPs are involved in a wide variety of critical viral and cellular processes including transcription, translation, RNA processing, RNA transport, gene regulation, and splicing. A second reason lies in the technical advances and the generation of new methods that have simplified the analysis of RNA-protein interactions. Nevertheless, a thorough analysis of an RNA-BP is not a trivial task, and, at present, there are only a few RNA-BPs that have been characterized in detail.
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Jain, C. (1999). An Escherichia coli-Based Genetic Strategy for Characterizing RNA Binding Proteins. In: Haynes, S.R. (eds) RNA-Protein Interaction Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 118. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-676-2:161
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