RNA editing in trypanosomes

Abstract excerpt

The nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial pre-mRNAs in trypanosomes is posttranscriptionally edited by the insertion and deletion of uridylate (U) residues. In some RNAs editing is limited to small sections but in African trypanosomes, such as Trypanosoma brucei, 9 of the 18 known mitochondrial mRNAs are created by massive editing which can produce more than 50% of the coding sequence. In all cases, however, RNA...

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