Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Ribonucleases: Diversity and Regulation....Pages 1-11
Degradation of puf mRNA in Rhodobacter Capsulatus and its Role in the Regulation of Gene Expression....Pages 13-20
Mutational Analysis of a RNase E Dependent Cleavage Site from a Bacteriophage T4 mRNA....Pages 21-30
The role of a novel site-specific endoribonuclease in the regulated decay of E.coli mRNA — a model for growth-stage dependent mRNA stability in bacteria....Pages 31-43
Regulation of mRNA Stability in Yeast....Pages 45-54
Mutations Involved in mRNA Stability and in the Length of their Poly(A) Tails in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ....Pages 55-64
Rapid Degradation of the c-FOS Proto-Oncogene Transcript....Pages 65-71
Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression in Chloroplasts....Pages 73-82
Differential mRNA Stability: A Regulatory Strategy for Hsp70 Synthesis....Pages 83-91
Post-Transcriptional Control of IS 10 Transposase Expression: Antisense RNA Binding and Other Conformational Changes Affecting Messenger RNA Stability and Translation....Pages 93-102
The Antisense Approach and Early Xenopus Development....Pages 103-112
The Role of Boxa in Transcription of Ribosomal RNA Operons of Eschericha Coli : Changes in the Processivity of RNA Polymerase....Pages 113-123
Regulation Of λ N-Gene Expression....Pages 125-133
Messenger RNA 3′ End Formation in E. Coli and S. Cerevisiae....Pages 135-144
Culture Conditions Affect Differently the Translation of Individual Escherichia Coli mRNAs....Pages 145-155
Post-Transcriptional Control in E.coli : The Translation and Degradation of mRNA....Pages 157-168
Control of Translational Initiation by mRNA Secondary Structure: A Quantitative Analysis....Pages 169-184
The Role of Ribosomal RNA in the Control of Gene Expression....Pages 185-195
The Phage f1 Gene VII Start Site and its Mutants Reveal that Translational Coupling can Confer Function to Inherently Inactive Initiation Sites....Pages 197-206
Measurement of translation rates in vivo at individual codons and implication of these rate differences for gene expression....Pages 207-216
Regulation of Gene Expression by Minor Codons in Escherichia coli : Minor Codon Modulator Hypothesis....Pages 217-225
A Short Review of Scanning....Pages 227-236
Yeast mRNA Structure and Translational Efficiency....Pages 237-247
Human Fetal G γ- and A γ-Globin mRNA and Adult β-Globin mRNA Exhibit Distinct Translation Efficiency and Affinity for Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2....Pages 249-260
Effects of the 5′-Leader Sequence of Tobacco Mosaic Virus RNA, or Derivatives Thereof, on Foreign mRNA and Native Viral Gene Expression....Pages 261-275
Translational Control of the c III Gene of Bacteriophage Lambda....Pages 277-284
The mom Operon of Bacteriophage MU is Regulated by a Combination of Transcriptional and Translational Controls....Pages 285-297
Mechanisms of Ribosomal Protein Translational Autoregulation....Pages 299-308
Translational Feedback Control in E.Coli : The Role of tRNA Thr and tRNA Thr -Like Structures in the Operator of the Gene for Threonyl-tRNA Synthetase....Pages 309-323
Translational Control of the Transcriptional Activator GCN4 Involves Upstream Open Reading Frames, A General Initiation Factor and a Protein Kinase....Pages 325-335
Translational Control by Arginine of Yeast Gene CPA1 ....Pages 337-346
Expression from polycistronic cauliflower mosaic virus pregenomic RNA....Pages 347-357
Polyadenylation of Cauliflower Mosaic Virus RNA is Controlled by Promoter Proximity....Pages 359-365
The HIV-1 REV Trans -Activator is a Sequence Specific RNA Binding Protein....Pages 367-376
Control of Protein Synthesis by RNA Regulators....Pages 377-388
Untranslated Leader Sequences and Enhanced Messenger RNA Translational Efficiency....Pages 389-398
Coordinate Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Ferritin and Transferrin Receptor Expression: The Role of Regulated RNA-Protein Interaction....Pages 399-409
Translation in Yeast Mitochondria: A Review of General Features and a Case of mRNA-Specific Positive Control....Pages 411-420
The Yeast Pyruvate Kinase Gene is Regulated at Multiple Levels....Pages 421-432
Initiation of Protein Synthesis in E. Coli : The Two Crucial Steps....Pages 433-441
The Function of Initiation Factors in Relation to mRNA—Ribosome Interaction and Regulation of Gene Expression....Pages 443-453
Alternative Translation and Functional Diversity of Release Factor 2 and Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase....Pages 455-464
Gene Products that Mediate Translation Initiation in Yeast....Pages 465-474
Structure/Function of Mammalian Initiation Factors....Pages 475-485
Initiation Factors Involved in mRNA Binding to Ribosomes in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ....Pages 487-495
The Eukaroyotic mRNA Cap Binding Protein (eIF-4E): Phosphorylation and Regulation of Cell Growth....Pages 497-509
Peptide Chain Initiation in Animal Cells: Mechanism and Regulation....Pages 511-520
New Insights into an Old Problem: Ternary Complex (Met-tRNA f ·eIF-2 ·GTP) Formation in Animal Cells....Pages 521-526
Phosphorylation of Initiation and Elongation Factors and the Control of Translation....Pages 527-537
Regulation of Protein Synthesis in Mammalian Systems by the Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor....Pages 539-548
Isolation of the lsd Mutations in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ....Pages 549-555
Functional Role and Biochemical Properties of Yeast Peptide Elongation Factor 3 (EF-3)....Pages 557-566
Translational Movements....Pages 567-577
Ribosomal Frameshift and Frame-Jump Sites as Control Points during Elongation....Pages 579-590
Frameshifting in the Expression of the trp R Gene of Escherichia Coli ....Pages 591-602
The Ribosomal Frame-Shift Signal of Infectious Bronchitis Virus....Pages 603-610
Control of Translational Accuracy in Yeast: The Role of the Sal4 (Sup45) Protein....Pages 611-622
HIV pol Expression via a Ribosomal Frameshift....Pages 623-636
Protein Modifications and Mitochondrial Import of Yeast Cytochrome c : An Overview....Pages 637-646
Back Matter....Pages 647-655