Back
Messenger RNA editing and the genetic code.
Journal article

Messenger RNA editing and the genetic code.

  • Cattaneo R Institut für Molekularbiologie I, Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
  • 1990-12-01
Published in:
  • Experientia. - 1990
Animals
Apolipoproteins B
Base Sequence
Electron Transport Complex IV
Genetic Code
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Paramyxoviridae
RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Viral
English Messenger RNA editing is defined as a process leading to predetermined modifications of the coding region of a primary gene transcript. By this definition, splicing processes are special forms of editing; however, they are not dealt with in this review. Editing processes different from splicing have been defined in mammalian cells, in RNA viruses, and in mitochondria of trypanosomes, higher plants and vertebrates. These post- or co-transcriptional processes involve addition, deletion, or modification-substitution of nucleotides, and represent previously unrecognized mechanisms for altering the coding potential of a gene and for modulating gene expression.
Language
  • English
Open access status
closed
Identifiers
Persistent URL
https://sonar.ch/global/documents/99235
Statistics
Document views: 25 File downloads: