RNA: synthesis and functions

This publication is a textbook intended for students and graduate students specializing in the field of molecular biology and genetics. It highlights the problems associated with the biogenesis and functions of one of the main biological polymers - RNA. The non -reprising interest of biologists in this type of macromolecules is due to the variety of RNA functions, the list of which continues to expand. Combining the ability to store and reproduce genetic information with catalytic and regulatory abilities observed only in RNA, allows you to think that it was with these molecules that the evolution of life on our planet began. The book discusses in detail the processes of RNA synthesis and degradation, known to the present moment of the RNA property, as well as cellular processes in which RNA molecules play a particular role