The Role of RNA and RNA Processing in Neurodegeneration

From its transcription from DNA, RNA undergoes a complex processing, including splicing and editing, and associates with specific proteins that determine its subcellular localization and stability. It is now clear that many cellular activities involve some aspects of RNA biology; in neurons,

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