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Cell Polarity and Subcellular RNA Localization

Cell Polarity and Subcellular RNA Localization - Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001

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Publisher's Synopsis

Selective cytoplasmic organelle and protein targeting has long been thought to constitute the sole determinant of cell polarity and complexity. This view has been changed, however, by the discovery of differential subcellular RNA distribution patterns. Over the past decade it has become clear that selective mRNA sorting and translation contributes to an accumulation of cognate proteins at discrete cellular sites. In this book, various systems are discussed (e.g. Xenopus oocytes, mammalian brain, invertebrate nervous system) in terms of RNA trafficking, RNA-targeting sequences (cis-elements) and RNA-transporting proteins (trans-factors), activity-dependent translational regulation and the significance of the cytoskeleton for neuronal function and plasticity. It also discusses nucleocytoplasmic export of mRNA and viral RNA as another example of subcellular RNA kinesis.

Book information

ISBN: 9783642074363
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
DEWEY: 572.696
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 221
Weight: 406g
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Spine width: 12mm