Biopolymers and cell. 2010; 26 (6): 461 - 471
Some aspects of RNA repair and editing
M. V. Kovalchuk
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine 150, Academician Zabolotnogo Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680
All cellular RNA molecules are damaged at the scale of DNA molecules, or even more. In the present review the RNA damaging agents, some mechanisms of RNA repair and editing, their difference from DNA repair mechanisms have been discussed.
Keywords: RNA, repair, proofreading, AlkB.