Fundamentals of RNA structure and function / Neena Grover, editor.

This highly illustrated textbook provides an essential overview on RNA architecture and function, it offers insights into the RNA basics and also explains novel RNA technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas and their applications. In addition, the mRNA based vaccine technology, which has long been tested, al...

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Other Authors: Grover, Neena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Series:Learning materials in biosciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. RNA-Composition and Base Pairing
  • 2. Architecture of RNA
  • 3. Small Catalytic RNA
  • 4. The Spliceosome: A Large Catalytic RNA
  • 5. A Genomic Perspective on RNA
  • 6. The mRNA and the New Vaccines
  • 7. Riboswitches: Sensors and Regulators
  • 8. Small Non-Coding RNA, miRNA in Gene Regulation
  • 9. CRISPR-Cas Systems, The science and ethics of gene manipulation
  • 10. Transcription.