Elucidating the inosinome: global approaches to adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing

作者:Wulff Bjorn Erik*; Sakurai Masayuki; Nishikura Kazuko
来源:Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011, 12(2): 81-85.
DOI:10.1038/nrg2915

摘要

Catalysed by members of the adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) family of enzymes, adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing converts adenosines in RNA molecules to inosines, which are functionally equivalent to guanosines. Recently, global approaches to studying this widely conserved phenomenon have emerged. The use of bioinformatics, high-throughput sequencing and other approaches has increased the number of known editing sites by several orders of magnitude, and we now have a greater understanding of the control and the biological significance of editing. This Progress article reviews some of these recent global studies and their results.

  • 出版日期2011-2