Chapter 7: RNA Synthesis and Processing

Weblinks

The European Ribosomal RNA Database
http://www.psb.ugent.be/rRNA/
The rRNA server, describing sequences, secondary structures, and functions

Gene Expression: Transcription
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/T/Transcription.html
Summary of transcription and modifications of RNA

Euchromatin
http://www.euchromatin.net/slides.htm
Links to many articles on the role of chromatin structure in transcriptional regulation

Chromatin remodeling and transcription
http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/280/23/21689
The role of histone acetylation and other modifications on nucleosome integrity and transcription

RNA Splicing
http://www.web-books.com/MoBio/Free/Ch5A4.htm
Review of the splicing mechanism and some examples of alternate splicing in different organisms

Basal Transcription Factor Information
http://tfiib.med.harvard.edu/transcription/basaltx.html
Transcription factor website, with illustrations and links to information on individual members of the eukaryotic transcriptional complex

The RNA World Website
http://www.imb-jena.de/RNA.html
A comprehensive site with links to sequences

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