RNA Editing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Göringer, H. Ulrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 20
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Plant biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Biology > Technique.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Biological Techniques.; Plant Biochemistry.

The term "RNA editing" describes a diverse set of biochemical processes whereby genetic information is modulated on a post-transcriptional level i.e. on the level of ribonucleic acids (RNA). RNA editing has been demonstrated in viruses, protozoan organisms, in plants and in mammals and in...

Table of Contents:

• Editing Reactions from the Perspective of RNA Structure
• Editing of tRNA for Structure and Function
• RNA Editing by Adenosine Deaminases that Act on RNA (ADARs)
• Insertion/Deletion Editing in Physarum polycephalum
• RNA Editing in Plant Mitochondria
• RNA Editing in Chloroplasts
• Working Together: the RNA Editing Machinery in Trypanosoma brucei
• RNA Editing Accessory Factors — the Example of mHel61p
• The Function of RNA Editing in Trypanosomes
• Evolutionary Aspects of RNA Editing.