• ISBN13: 9780123743770
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publisher Imprint: Acad Pr
• Publication Date: January 1, 2009
• Pages: 620
• Original Price: USD 225.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1066 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Life Sciences / Cell Biology, Life Sciences / Biochemistry, and Life Sciences / Molecular Biology

Specific complexes of protein and RNA carry out many essential biological functions, including RNA processing, RNA turnover, RNA folding, as well as the translation of genetic information from mRNA into protein sequences. Messenger RNA (mRNA) decay is now emerging as an important control point and a major contributor to gene expression. Continuing identification of the protein factors and cofactors, and mRNA instability elements, responsible for mRNA decay allow researchers to build a comprehensive picture of the highly orchestrated processes involved in mRNA decay and its regulation.