Main description:

The focus of this book is to introduce up-to-date information on applications and practical use of RNA for agriculture, biotechnology and medicine. It provides unique ideas, tools, and methods in detail from a variety of scientific and technical disciplines. RNA science has progressed enormously in recent decades, and vast amounts of information on RNA functions and their regulatory mechanisms are becoming available. Such a progress opened the door to an age of practical application of RNA in many fields including agriculture, plant science, medical science, brewing and fermentation technology, and material production. This book inspires its readership and contributes to not only expansion in application of RNA but also to basic research.

Contents:

List of titles and authors (as of 24 Aug 2016)

1. Gene expression system that can escape from translational repression caused by brewing-related stress

Shingo IZAWA

2. Bacterial cellular engineering through interspecies exchange of 16S rRNA in Escherichia coli ribosome.

Kentaro MIYAZAKI

3. Development and application of the excellent protein synthesis technique with riboswitches in microorganisms

Takahiro YAMAUCHI and Naoki SUGIMOTO

4. Cell Reprogramming by Lactic Acid Bacteria.

Kunimasa OHTA

5. Novel detection system of mycotoxin using aptamer

Yuji MORITA

6. Rational design of artificial riboswitches

Atsushi OGAWA

7. mRNA engineering as a tool for controlling mammalian cells in medical applications

Kei ENDO and Hirohide SAITO

8. Modulation of abnormal splicing by small chemical compounds in RNA diseases

Naoyuki KATAOKA

9. Protein production system by innovating mRNA export

Seiji MASUDA

10. PPR protein and the engineering

Takahiro NAKAMURA

11. Long noncoding RNAs and their applications

Tomohiro YAMAZAKI

12. Long non-coding RNA as new diagnostic and therapeutic targets

Eleonora LEUCCI

13. Riboswitches and ribozymes as RNA-based modular tools to control gene expression

Yoshiya IKAWA and Shigeyoshi Matsumura

14. Applications of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing for functional characterization of RNA helicases

Jerry PELLETIER

15. Application of systemic TGS on p

lant breeding

Songling BAI

16. Theoretical and applied epigenetics in plants

Yuhya WAKASA, Taiji KAWAKATSU, and Fumio TAKAIWA