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The Ribonucleic Acids

Editors:

  1. P. R. Stewart

    1. Department of Development Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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  2. D. S. Letham

    1. Department of Development Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. RNA in Retrospect

    • D. S. Letham, P. R. Stewart, G. D. Clark-Walker
    Pages 1-6

  3. Transcription

    • G. M. Polya
    Pages 7-36

  4. Nuclear RNA

    • H. Naora
    Pages 37-58

  5. Messenger RNA

    • A. J. Howells
    Pages 59-80

  6. Transfer RNA and Cytokinins

    • D. S. Letham
    Pages 81-106

  7. Ribosomal RNA

    • L. Dalgarno, J. Shine
    Pages 107-134

  8. Translation of Messenger RNA

    • G. D. Clark-Walker
    Pages 135-158

  9. Mitochondrial RNA

    • P. R. Stewart
    Pages 159-177

  10. Chloroplast RNA

    • P. R. Whitfeld
    Pages 179-206

  11. Viral RNA

    • A. J. Gibbs, J. J. Skehel
    Pages 207-242

  12. Isolation, Purification and Fractionation of RNA

    • Rozanne Poulson
    Pages 243-261

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 263-270
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About this book

The central role of the ribonucleic acids (RNA) in mediating the expression of information encoded in DNA in living cells is now well established. Research in this area of biology continues at a remarkable rate, and new and significant information appears almost daily in a wide range of journals, published symposia and specialist reviews. The scattered nature of this information makes it difficult for the newcomer to the field of ribonucleic acid biochemistry to obtain a general oversight of current activity and new advances. Moreover, the reviews available for the most part are concerned with rather insular aspects of these ubiquitous molecules, or in the case of text-books, the subject is treated as part of a general out­ line of properties of nucleic acids and thus often tends to be­ superficial. With these considerations in mind, a postgraduate course was instituted in the university in Canberra to attempt to provide a comprehensive, though not excessively detailed, outline of the biological roles of RNA. The course was designed for students with a sound undergraduate training in biochemistry, but other­ wise with a wide variety of biological interests-plant physiology, virology, organelle biochemistry, genetics. The chapters in this book represent the matter of that course.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Development Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    P. R. Stewart, D. S. Letham

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ribonucleic Acids

  • Editors: P. R. Stewart, D. S. Letham

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00499-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1973

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-00499-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Genetics, Biomedicine general

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