m: RNA: The Relation of Structure to Function 0125400195, 9780125400190, 9780080863078

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Content:
Edited by
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Pages xv-xxi

Preface
Pages xxii-xxiii
W.E.C., E.V.

Dedication—Jacques Monod
Pages xxiv-xxvi
W.E.C., E.V.

Abbreviations and Symbols
Pages xxvii-xxx

Some Articles Planned for Future Volumes
Page xxxi

Caps in Eukaryotic mRNAs: Mechanism of Formation of Reovirus mRNA 5′-Terminal m7GpppGm-C Original Research Article
Pages 3-20
Y. Furuichi, S. Muthukrishnan, A.J. Shatkin, J. Tomasz

Nucleotide Methylation Patterns in Eukaryotic mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 21-38
Fritz M. Rottman, Ronald C. Desrosiers, Karen Friderici

Structural and Functional Studies on the “5′-Cap”: A Survey Method for mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 39-61
Harris Busch, Friedrich Hirsch, Kaushal Kumar Gupta, Manchanahalli Rao, William Spohn, Benjamin C. Wu

Modification of the 5′-Terminals of mRNAs by Viral and Cellular Enzymes Original Research Article
Pages 63-81
Bernard Moss, Scott A. Martin, Marcia J. Ensinger, Robert F. Boone, Cha-Mer Wei

Blocked and Unblocked 5′ Termini in Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Product RNA In Vitro: Their Possible Role in mRNA Biosynthesis Original Research Article
Pages 83-87
Richard J. Colonno, Gordon Abraham, Amiya K. Banerjee

The Genome of Poliovirus Is an Exceptional Eukaryotic mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 89-96
Yuan Fon Lee, Akio Nomoto, Eckard Wimmer

Transcribed Oligonucleotide Sequences in Hela Cell hnRNA and mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 99-112
Mary Edmonds, Hiroshi Nakazato, E.L. Korwek, S. Venkatesan

Polyadenylylation of Stored mRNA in Cotton Seed Germination Original Research Article
Pages 113-118
Barry Harris, Leon Dure III

mRNAs Containing and Lacking Poly(A) Function as Separate and Distinct Classes during Embryonic Development Original Research Article
Pages 119-122
Martin Nemer, Saul Surrey

Sequence Analysis of Eukaryotic mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 123-134
N.J. Proudfoot, C.C. Cheng, G.G. Brownlee

The Structure and Function of Protamine mRNA from Developing Trout Testis Original Research Article
Pages 135-155
P.L. Davies, G.H. Dixon, L.N. Ferrier, L. Gedamu, K. Iatrou

The Primary Structure of Regions of SV40 DNA Encoding the Ends of mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 157-164
Kiranur N. Subramanian, Prabhat K. Ghosh, Ravi Dhar, Bayar Thimmappaya, Sayeeda B. Zain, Julian Pan, Sherman M. Weissman

Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of Coding and Noncoding Regions of Human β-Globin mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 165-175
Charles A. Marotta, Bernard G. Forget, Michel Cohen-Solal, Sherman M. Weissman

Determination of Globin mRNA Sequences and Their Insertion into Bacterial Plasmids Original Research Article
Pages 177-204
Winston Salser, Jeff Browne, Pat Clarke, Howard Heindell, Russell Higuchi, Gary Paddock, John Roberts, Gary Studnicka, Paul Zakar

Mutation Rates in Globin Genes: The Genetic Load and Haldane's Dilemma Original Research Article
Pages 205-220
Winston Salser, Judith Strommer Isaacson

The Chromosomal Arrangement of Coding Sequences in a Family of Repeated Genes Original Research Article
Pages 221-226
G.M. Rubin, D.J. Finnegan, D.S. Hogness

Heterogeneity of the 3′ Portion of Sequences Related to Immunoglobulin k-Chain mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 227-231
Urusula Storb

Structural Studies on Intact and Deadenylylated Rabbit Globin mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 233-252
John N. Vournakis, Marcia S. Flashner, MaryAnn Katopes, Gary A. Kitos, Nikos C. Vamvakopoulos, Matthew S. Sell, Regina M. Wurst

Molecular Weight Distribution of RNA Fractionated on Aqueous and 70% Formamide Sucrose Gradients Original Research Article
Pages 253-260
Helga Boedtker, Hans Lehrach

Bacteriophages T7 and T3 as Model Systems for RNA Synthesis and Processing Original Research Article
Pages 263-273
J.J. Dunn, C.W. Anderson, J.F. Atkins, D.C. Bartelt, W.C. Crockett

The Relationship between hnRNA and mRNA Original Research Article
Pages 275-292
Robert P. Perry, Enzo Bard, B. David Hames, Dawn E. Kelley, Ueli Schibler

A Comparison of Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Viral RNAs Synthesized Early in Productive Infection with Adenovirus 2 Original Research Article
Pages 293-300
Heschel J. Raskas, Elizabeth A. Craig

Biogenesis of Silk Fibroin mRNA: An Example of Very Rapid Processing? Original Research Article
Pages 301-312
Paul M. Lizardi

Visualization of the Silk Fibroin Transcription Unit and Nascent Silk Fibroin Molecules on Polyribosomes of Bombyx mori Original Research Article
Pages 313-318
Steven L. McKnight, Nelda L. Sullivan, Oscar L. Miller Jr.

Production and Fate of Balbiani Ring Products Original Research Article
Pages 319-334
B. Daneholt, S.T. Case, J. Hyde, L. Nelson, L. Wieslander

Distribution of hnRNA and mRNA Sequences in Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Original Research Article
Pages 335-351
Alan J. Kinniburgh, Peter B. Billings, Thomas J. Quinlan, Terence E. Martin

The Structure of Specific Genes in Chromatin Original Research Article
Pages 355-371
Richard Axel

The Structure of DNA in Native Chromatin as Determined by Ethidium Bromide Binding Original Research Article
Pages 373-377
J. Paoletti, B.B. Magee, P.T. Magee

Cellular Skeletons and RNA Messages Original Research Article
Pages 379-401
Ronald Herman, Gary Zieve, Jeffrey Williams, Robert Lenk, Sheldon Penman

The Mechanism of Steroid-Hormone Regulation of Transcription of Specific Eukaryotic Genes Original Research Article
Pages 403-419
Bert W. O'Malley, Anthony R. Means

Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins and Histone Gene Transcription Original Research Article
Pages 421-445
Gary Stein, Janet Stein, Lewis Kleinsmith, William Park, Robert Jansing, Judith Thomson

Selective Transcription of DNA Mediated by Nonhistone Proteins Original Research Article
Pages 447-462
Tung Y. Wang, Nina C. Kostraba, Ruth S. Newman

Structure and Function of the RNAs of Brome Mosaic Virus Original Research Article
Pages 465-471
Paul Kaesberg

Effect of 5′-Terminal Structures on the Binding of Ribopolymers to Eukaryotic Ribosomes Original Research Article
Pages 473-476
S. Muthukrishnan, Y. Furuichi, G.W. Both, A.J. Shatkin

Translational Control in Embryonic Muscle Original Research Article
Pages 477-484
Stuart M. Heywood, Doris S. Kennedy

Protein and mRNA Synthesis in Cultured Muscle Cells Original Research Article
Pages 485-489
R.G. Whalen, M.E. Buckingham, F. Gros

mRNA Structure and Function Original Research Article
Pages 493-511
James E. Darnell

Subject Index
Pages 513-515