Overview: RNA binding proteins are an exciting area of research in generegulation. A multitude of RNA-protein interactions are used toregulate gene expression including pre-mRNA splicing, polyadenylation,editing, transport, cytoplasmic targeting, translation and mRNAturnover. In addition to these post-transcriptional processes,RNA-protein interactions play a key role in transcription asillustrated by the life cycle of retroviruses. Unlike DNA, thestructure of RNA is highly variable and conformationally flexible,thus creating a number of unique binding sites and the potential forcomplex regulat
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