Anthology

Editor list: Bindereif, A

Publication year: 2012

ISBN: 978-3-642-28686-5

eISBN: 978-3-642-28687-2

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28687-2

Edition: 1

Title of series: Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology

Number in series: 28

Abstract: 
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 establish new paradigms in other biological systems.
This applies in particular to studies in gene expression and regulation,
which benefit enormously from the trypanosome genome projects and from
the new genome-wide approaches recently introduced in trypanosome
research. This volume covers the most important aspects of biosynthesis,
processing, and functions of RNA in trypanosomes, ranging from
transcription to RNA editing, mRNA splicing/translation/turnover,
processing of transfer and ribosomal RNA, RNA interference, and current
transcriptome-wide analyses. Recent progress in RNA-focused research in
trypanosomatids promises to yield novel insights into
trypanosome-specific features, as well as to reveal in the process new
potential therapeutic strategies for combating these parasitic diseases.

Harvard Citation style: Bindereif, A. (ed.) (2012) RNA Metabolism in Trypanosomes. 1. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28687-2

APA Citation style: Bindereif, A. (Ed.) (2012). RNA Metabolism in Trypanosomes. (1). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28687-2