Topic Introduction

Analysis of RNA Metabolism in Fission Yeast

  1. Olaf Nielsen2
  1. 1Center for RNA Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4906
  2. 2Department of Biology, Functional Genomics Division, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
  1. 3Correspondence: jaw17{at}case.edu

Abstract

Here we focus on the biogenesis and function of messenger RNA (mRNA) in fission yeast cells. Following a general introduction that also briefly touches on other classes of RNA, we provide an overview of methods used to analyze mRNAs throughout their life cycles.

Footnotes

  • From the Fission Yeast collection, edited by Iain M. Hagan, Antony M. Carr, Agnes Grallert, and Paul Nurse.

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