title: Systems perspectives on mRNA processing.
abstract: The application of genomic technologies to the study of mRNA processing is increasingly conducted in metazoan organisms in order to understand the complex events that occur during and after transcription. Large-scale systems analyses of mRNA-protein interactions and mRNA dynamics have revealed specificity in mRNA transcription, splicing, transport, translation, and turnover, and have begun to make connections between the different layers of mRNA processing. Here, we review global studies of post-transcriptional processes and discuss the challenges facing our understanding of mRNA regulation in metazoan organisms. In parallel, we examine genome-scale investigations that have expanded our knowledge of RNA-binding proteins and the networks of mRNAs that they regulate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Adrienne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: McKee
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D020871:RNA Stability; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins