TY - CHAP AU - Hung-Hsi Chen AU - Jung-Chun Lin AU - Woan-Yuh Tarn ED - Paula Grabowski Y1 - 2011-08-29 PY - 2011 T1 - Recent Advances in Understanding of Alternative Splicing in Neuronal Pathogenesis N2 - RNA functions broadly as informational molecule, genome, enzyme and machinery for RNA processing. While these functions reflect ancient activities, they also remain vital components of contemporary biochemical pathways. In eukaryotic cells RNA processing impacts the biogenesis of RNA molecules of essentially every shape and function. The collection of articles in this volume describes the current state of understanding of the broad array of RNA processing events in animal and plant cells, key unanswered questions, and cutting edge approaches available to address these questions. Some questions discussed in this volume include, how viruses subvert the RNA processing machinery of the host cell, how the coordination of co-transcriptional RNA processing is regulated at the level of chromatin, the status of RNA processing in plant organelles, and how micro RNA machinery is biosynthesized and regulated. BT - RNA Processing SP - Ch. 10 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/22477 DO - 10.5772/22477 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-16 ER -