RNA Metabolism in Trypanosomes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bindereif, Albrecht (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, 28
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Gene expression.; Parasitology.; Nucleic acids.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Nucleic Acid Chemistry.; Eukaryotic Microbiology.; Gene Expression.

Trypanosomes are unicellular protozoa of ancient evolutionary origin that are responsible for several tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness. Over the last few decades, research in trypanosome biology has revealed many unique and fascinating features, many of which have helped to estab...

Table of Contents:

• RNA Polymerases and Transcription Factors of Trypanosomes
• SL RNA biogenesis in kinetoplastids: a long and winding road
• Pre-mRNA splicing in Trypanosoma brucei: factors, mechanisms, and regulation
• mRNA turnover in trypanosomes
• tRNA biogenesis and processing
• rRNA biogenesis in trypanosomes
• RNA Editing in African Trypanosomes – a User’s Guide
• The RNA Interference Pathway in Trypanosoma brucei
• Translation in trypanosomatids
• Mitochondrial translation in trypanosomatids
• RNA-Seq analysis of the transcriptome of Trypanosoma brucei.