| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Obituary Hugh Dunbar Robertson (1943–2005) Michael B. Mathews, Sidney Altman, and William H. McClain RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1751–1752. PMCID: PMC1370862 Review MicroRNA function: Multiple mechanisms for a tiny RNA? RAMESH S. PILLAI RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1753–1761. doi: 10.1261/rna.2248605.PMCID: PMC1370863 Letter to the Editor Further evidence that ribavirin interacts with eIF4E ALEX KENTSIS, LAURENT VOLPON, IVAN TOPISIROVIC, CLIFFORD E. SOLL, BILJANA CULJKOVIC, LING SHAO, and KATHERINE L.B. BORDEN RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1762–1766. doi: 10.1261/rna.2238705.PMCID: PMC1370864 Bioinformatics MAASE: An alternative splicing database designed for supporting splicing microarray applications CHRISTINA L. ZHENG, YOUNG-SOO KWON, HAI-RI LI, KUI ZHANG, GABRIELA COUTINHO-MANSFIELD, CANZHU YANG, T. MURLIDHARAN NAIR, MICHAEL GRIBSKOV, and XIANG-DONG FU RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1767–1776. doi: 10.1261/rna.2650905.PMCID: PMC1370865 Characteristics and regulatory elements defining constitutive splicing and different modes of alternative splicing in human and mouse CHRISTINA L. ZHENG, XIANG-DONG FU, and MICHAEL GRIBSKOV RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1777–1787. doi: 10.1261/rna.2660805.PMCID: PMC1370866 Reports A pseudoknot in the 3′ non-core region of the glmS ribozyme enhances self-cleavage activity SARA R. WILKINSON and MICHAEL D. BEEN RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1788–1794. doi: 10.1261/rna.2203605.PMCID: PMC1370867 Ge-1 is a central component of the mammalian cytoplasmic mRNA processing body JIANG HONG YU, WEI-HONG YANG, TOD GULICK, KENNETH D. BLOCH, and DONALD B. BLOCH RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1795–1802. doi: 10.1261/rna.2142405.PMCID: PMC1370868 The polypyrimidine tract binding protein is a monomer TOM P. MONIE, HELENA HERNANDEZ, CAROL V. ROBINSON, PETER SIMPSON, STEPHEN MATTHEWS, and STEPHEN CURRY RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1803–1808. doi: 10.1261/rna.2214405.PMCID: PMC1370869 Articles Evidence for an RNA chaperone function of polypyrimidine tract-binding protein in picornavirus translation YUTONG SONG, ELENI TZIMA, KERSTIN OCHS, GERGIS BASSILI, HEIDI TRUSHEIM, MONICA LINDER, KLAUS T. PREISSNER, and MICHAEL NIEPMANN RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1809–1824. doi: 10.1261/rna.7430405.PMCID: PMC1370870 A consensus CaMK IV-responsive RNA sequence mediates regulation of alternative exons in neurons JIUYONG XIE, CALVIN JAN, PETER STOILOV, JENNIFER PARK, and DOUGLAS L. BLACK RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1825–1834. doi: 10.1261/rna.2171205.PMCID: PMC1370871 Differences and similarities between Drosophila and mammalian 3′ end processing of histone pre-mRNAs ZBIGNIEW DOMINSKI, XIAO-CUI YANG, MATHEW PURDY, and WILLIAM F. MARZLUFF RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1835–1847. doi: 10.1261/rna.2179305.PMCID: PMC1370872 Arginine-rich motifs present multiple interfaces for specific binding by RNA TRAVIS S. BAYER, LAUREN N. BOOTH, SCOTT M. KNUDSEN, and ANDREW D. ELLINGTON RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1848–1857. doi: 10.1261/rna.2167605.PMCID: PMC1370873 Functional characterization of the SOFA delta ribozyme LUCIEN JUNIOR BERGERON, CÉDRIC REYMOND, and JEAN-PIERRE PERREAULT RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1858–1868. doi: 10.1261/rna.2112705.PMCID: PMC1370874 Biochemical analysis of the EJC reveals two new factors and a stable tetrameric protein core THOMAS Ø. TANGE, TOSHIHARU SHIBUYA, MELISSA S. JURICA, and MELISSA J. MOORE RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1869–1883. doi: 10.1261/rna.2155905.PMCID: PMC1370875 Predicting RNA folding thermodynamics with a reduced chain representation model SONG CAO and SHI-JIE CHEN RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1884–1897. doi: 10.1261/rna.2109105.PMCID: PMC1370876 Accessibility of 18S rRNA in human 40S subunits and 80S ribosomes at physiological magnesium ion concentrations—implications for the study of ribosome dynamics CHRISTINA L. SHENVI, KEN C. DONG, ERIC M. FRIEDMAN, JEFFREY A. HANSON, and JAMIE H.D. CATE RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1898–1908. doi: 10.1261/rna.2192805.PMCID: PMC1370877 Method Optimizing splinted ligation of highly structured small RNAs WOLFRAM C. KURSCHAT, JULIUS MÜLLER, RICHARD WOMBACHER, and MARK HELM RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1909–1914. doi: 10.1261/rna.2170705.PMCID: PMC1370878 Complete MALDI-ToF MS analysis of cross-linked peptide–RNA oligonucleotides derived from nonlabeled UV-irradiated ribonucleoprotein particles EVA KÜHN-HÖLSKEN, CHRISTOF LENZ, BJÖRN SANDER, REINHARD LÜHRMANN, and HENNING URLAUB RNA. 2005 December; 11(12): 1915–1930. doi: 10.1261/rna.2176605.PMCID: PMC1370879 |