1. Lev L’vovich Kisselev

   Announcement Pages: 499 - 505

2. RNA-protein interactions (Introduction to the thematic issue)

   • L. Kisselev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 506 - 506

3. Kinetic, energetic, and stereochemical factors determining the molecular recognition of proteins and nucleic acids

   • V. I. Lim
   • V. G. Kljashtorny

   OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 513

4. Telomerase: Structure and properties of the enzyme, and peculiarities of yeast telomerase

   • D. M. Shcherbakova
   • M. E. Zvereva
   • O. A. Dontsova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 514 - 527

5. RNA-binding proteins in RNA interference

   • R. N. Kotelnikov
   • S. G. Shpiz
   • V. A. Gvozdev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 528 - 540

6. Bacterial cis-regulatory RNA structures

   • M. S. Gelfand

   OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 550

7. Nonspecific and specific interactions of Y-box-binding protein 1 (YB-1) with mRNA and posttranscriptional regulation of protein synthesis in animal cells

   • M. A. Skabkin
   • D. N. Lyabin
   • L. P. Ovchinnikov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 551 - 563

8. On the molecular mechanism of the evolution of genetic code alterations

   • A. C. Gomes
   • T. Costa
   • M. A. S. Santos

   OriginalPaper Pages: 564 - 569

9. Eukaryotic ribosomal proteins: Interactions with their own pre-mRNAs and their involvement in splicing regulation

   • A. V. Ivanov
   • A. A. Malygin
   • G. G. Karpova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 570 - 578

10. Interactions of ribosomal protein L1 with ribosomal and messenger RNAs

    • S. V. Tishchenko
    • E. Yu. Nikonova
    • S. V. Nikonov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 579 - 586

11. Diverse molecular mechanisms of translation initiation in prokaryotes

    • I. V. Boni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 587 - 596

12. Effect of modification of tRNA nucleotide 37 on the tRNA interaction with the A and P sites of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome

    • A. L. Konevega
    • N. G. Soboleva
    • V. I. Katunin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 610

13. Translational control by the poly(A) binding protein: A check for mRNA integrity

    • Yu. V. Svitkin
    • N. Sonenberg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 611 - 619

14. Similar features in the mechanisms of mRNA translation initiation in eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems

    • D. E. Andreev
    • I. M. Terenin
    • I. N. Shatsky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 620 - 627

15. Regulation of RNA translation in potato virus X RNA-coat protein complexes: The key role of the N-terminal segment of the protein

    • O. V. Karpova
    • M. V. Arkhipenko
    • J. G. Atabekov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 628 - 634

16. Ribosome-inactivating lectins of plants

    • J. V. Kozlov
    • O. J. Sudarkina
    • A. G. Kurmanova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 635 - 646

17. Increased tRNA level in yeast cells with mutant translation termination factors eRF1 and eRF3

    • G. A. Zhouravleva
    • S. E. Moskalenko
    • S. G. Inge-Vechtomov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 647 - 653

18. When nonsense makes sense and vice versa: Noncanonical decoding events at stop codons in eukaryotes

    • V. A. Doronina
    • J. D. Brown

    OriginalPaper Pages: 654 - 663

19. Ribosome recycling revisited

    • O. Vesper
    • D. N. Wilson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 664 - 672