Expression profiling analysis of brain from ADAR2 mutant mice

ABSTRACT: ADARs, short for adenosine deaminases acting on RNA, were first found by their characteristic activity of deaminating up to 50% of all adenosines in double-stranded RNA in vitro. C. elegans has two ADARs, only one is found in the fly, and mammals express three ADARs. Importantly, the spectrum of physiological roles of these enzymes in the different organisms remains largely unknown. ADARs are ~750-1150 amino acids in size, feature 2-3 N-terminal double-stranded RNA binding motifs, an enzymatic domain related to that of prokaryotic cytidine deaminases, and a ~190 residue extended C-terminal domain of unknown function. The mammalian ADARs are detectable in many if not all tissues, with relatively prominent expression in the central nervous system, predicting tissue- or cell type-specific tas

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Marion Horsch 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-15383 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress