RNA in biotechnology

• Authors: M. Figlerowicz
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The studies conducted during the last decade revealed that RNA molecules play much more different roles in the living world than it had been expected earlier. They can function in biological systems as: carriers of genetic information, enzymes, cofactors inducing or mediating biochemical reactions, inhibitors which deactivate enzymes or agents that regulate cellular processes. Consequently, several new RNA-based methods and techniques have been elaborated. They permit to identify RNA molecules that display some specific properties, selectively induce gene silencing or gene expression in bacterial, plant and animal cells. Generally, it is becoming increasingly apparent that RNA-based technologies should be considered one of the major factors influencing further development of modern biotechnology.

Keywords

EN

BIOOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; PHENOMENON; RNA

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 2002
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 23-29

Contributors

author

M. Figlerowicz

• Document Type: REPORT
• Publication order reference: M. Figlerowicz, Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej, Polska Akademia Nauk, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704 Poznan, Poland