Main description:

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science provides a forum for discussion of new discoveries, approaches, and ideas in molecular biology and translational science. It contains contributions from leaders in their fields and abundant references. This volume focuses on translational control in health and disease.

Contents:

1. The Molecular Basis of Translational Control
Chris S. Fraser
2. Cell Signaling Pathways Affecting Protein Synthesis
John Blenis and Sarah Mahoney
3. Effects of cell stress on protein synthesis and granule formation.
Nancy L. Kedersha and Paul Anderson
4. miRNA-mediated gene silencing
Peter Sarnow
5. The Role of Protein Synthesis in Cancer
Robert J. Schneider
6. Localized Protein Synthesis and Synaptic Plasticity
Joel Richter, Mauro Costa-Mattioli and Nahum Sonenberg
7. Translational Control During Early Development
Paul Lasko
8. Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase: From TOP mRNAs to Cell Size
Oded Meyhuhas
9. Viruses
Anne Willis, Lisa Roberts and Richard Jackson(?)
10. RNA Aptamers to Translational Components
Yoshikazu Nakamura
11. Nonsense Mediated Decay and Regulation at Termination
Stuart Peltz