Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression at the Level of mRNA Stability: Emergence of General Principles....Pages 1-7
Enzymes Involved in Control of mRNA Decay in E.Coli ....Pages 9-35
Mechanisms and Structural Determinants of mRNA Decay in Bacteria....Pages 37-43
Changes in the Length of Poly(A) Tails and their Effects on mRNA Translation and Turnover....Pages 45-55
Mechanism and Regulation of Translation Initiation in Prokaryotes*....Pages 57-72
Regulation of Peptide Chain Termination....Pages 73-81
Structure-Function Correlations In The Bacterial Ribosome....Pages 83-91
Initiation Factor-Dependent Extracts: A Tool To Study Translation Initiation In Eukaryotes....Pages 93-98
RNA - Protein Recognition and Basic Mechanisms of Translational Repression in Prokaryotes....Pages 99-107
Translational Control in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 109-124
Translational Control in Eukaryotic Cells: Principles Learned from the IRE/IRF System....Pages 125-133
Frameshifting in Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes....Pages 135-151
The Control, Detection and Exploitation of Translational Errors....Pages 153-164
Isolation and Characterization of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation, Elongation and Termination Factors....Pages 165-176
The phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 and its role in the regulation of translation during viral infection....Pages 177-185
Selective Proteolysis By the Ubiquitin System....Pages 187-191
The Role of Molecular Chaperones Hsp70 And Hsp60 in Protein Folding....Pages 193-206
Components and Mechanisms Involved in Protein Translocation Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane....Pages 207-220
Export of Proteins from Bacteria and Translocation of Proteins Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Eukaryotic Cells; a Comparison....Pages 221-230
Antisense RNA....Pages 231-261
Back Matter....Pages 262-272