Structural and catalytic roles of metal ions in RNA / / edited by Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, Roland K. O. Sigel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460802603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Munich ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2011; ©2015
• ISBN: 3-11-043664-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (424 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Metal ions in life sciences, , 1559-0836 ; ; Volume 9
• Disciplina: 572.88
• Soggetti: Catalytic RNA; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series / Sigel, Astrid / Sigel, Helmut / Sigel, Roland K. O. -- Preface to Volume 9: Structural and Catalytic Roles of Metal Ions in RNA -- Contents -- Contributors to Volume 9 -- Titles of Volumes 1-44 in the Metal Ions in Biological Systems Series -- Contents of Volumes in the Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series -- 1 Metal Ion Binding to RNA / Auffinger, Pascal / Grover, Neena / Westhof, Eric -- 2 Methods to Detect and Characterize Metal Ion Binding Sites in RNA / Erat, Michèle C. / Sigel, Roland K. O. -- 3 Importance of Diffuse Metal Ion Binding to RNA / Tan, Zhi-Jie / Chen, Shi-Jie -- 4 RNA Quadruplexes / Halder, Kangkan / Hartig, Jörg S. -- 5 The Roles of Metal Ions in Regulation by Riboswitches / Ferré-D'Amaré, Adrian R. / Winkler, Wade C. -- 6 Metal Ions: Supporting Actors in the Playbook of Small Ribozymes / Johnson-Buck, Alexander E. / McDowell, Sarah E. / Walter, Nils G. -- 7 Multiple Roles of Metal Ions in Large Ribozymes / Donghi, Daniela / Schnabl, Joachim -- 8 The Spliceosome and Its Metal Ions / Butcher, Samuel E. -- 9 The Ribosome: A Molecular Machine Powered by RNA / Trappl, Krista / Polacek, Norbert -- 10 Metal Ion Requirements in Artificial Ribozymes that Catalyze Aminoacylation and Redox Reactions / Suga, Hiroaki / Futai, Kazuki / Jin, Koichiro -- 11 Metal Ion Binding and Function in Natural and Artificial Small RNA Enzymes from a Structural Perspective / Wedekind, Joseph E. -- 12 Binding of Kinetically Inert Metal Ions to RNA: The Case ; of Platinum(II) / Chapman, Erich G. / Hostetter, Alethia A. / Osborn, Maire F. / Miller, Amanda L. / DeRose, Victoria J. -- Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The discovery of ribozymes nearly 30 years ago triggered a huge interest in the chemistry and biology of RNAs. Much of the recently made progress focusing on metal ions is addressed in MILS 9. This book, written by 28 internationally recognized experts from 8 nations, provides a most up-to-date view and is thus of special relevance for colleagues teaching courses in biological inorganic chemistry and for researchers dealing, e.g., with nucleic acids, gene expression, and enzymology, but also for those in analytical and bioinorganic chemistry or biophysics. Structural and Catalytic Roles of Metal Ions in RNA describes in an authoritative and timely manner in 12 stimulating chapters, supported by nearly 1600 references, 13 tables, and 75 illustrations, mostly in color, metal ion-binding motifs, methods to detect and characterize metal ion-binding sites, and the role of metal ions in folding and catalysis. It deals with diffuse metal ion binding, RNA quadruplexes, the regulation of riboswitches, metal ions and ribozymes, including artificial ribozymes. The spliceosome, the ribosome, ribozymes involving redox cofactors as well as the binding of kinetically inert metal ions to RNA are also covered.

Advances in Pacific Basin business, economics and finance . Vol. 7 / / edited by Cheng-Few Lee and Min-Teh Yu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968971303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2019]; ©2019
• ISBN: 1-78973-287-5; 1-78973-285-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Collana: Advances in Pacific Basin business, economics and finance, , 2514-4650 ; ; volume 7
• Disciplina: 330.91823
• Soggetti: Finance - Pacific Area; Business & Economics - Economic Conditions; Economic theory & philosophy; Pacific Area Economic conditions; Pacific Area Commerce; Pacific Area Foreign economic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance -- Editorial Board -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- A Consumption-based Evaluation of the Cat Bond Market -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The Cat Bond Market -- 2. The Model -- 2.1. Exogenous Risk and Economic Primitives -- 2.2. Endogenous Risk Premia and Sensitivity Parameters -- 3. Quantitative Evaluation -- 3.1. Calibration -- 3.2. Cat Bond Returns -- 3.3. Market Price of Cat Risks -- 3.4. Cat Bonds versus Corporate Bonds -- 3.5. Habit Sensitivity -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Optimal Trading and Tax Option Value of Defaultable Bonds with Asymmetric Capital Gain Taxes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Tax Environment -- 3. The Model -- 3.1. Buy-and-Hold Strategy -- 3.2. Optimal Trading Strategy -- 4. Numerical Results -- 4.1. Prices and Tax-timing Option Values of Default-free Bonds -- 4.2. Equilibrium Prices and Tax-timing Option Values for Defaultable Bonds -- 4.3. Effects of Transaction ; Costs -- 4.4. Changes in Interest Rate Volatility and Tax Regime -- 4.5. Sensitivity of Tax-timing Option Values to Default Risk -- 4.6. Multiple Trading Dates -- 4.6.1. The Optimal Cutoff Level in the Short-term Trading Region -- 5. Implications for Empirical Estimation -- 5.1. Effects of Ignoring Tax-timing Options on Estimation of Default Probability -- 5.2. Effects of Ignoring Tax-timing Option on Estimation of Implied Tax Rates -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Empirical Analysis of Economic Policy Uncertainty and Stock Returns in Asian Markets -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Analytical Framework -- 3. Description of Data and Variables -- 4. Empirical Estimations -- 4.1. Evidence from Domestic Market -- 4.2. Evidence of International EPU Influence -- 5. Robustness Tests -- 5.1. Evidence of Global EPU influence.; 5.2. Time Effects of EPU -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- A New Perspective on the Fama-French Five-factor Model -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Models and Methodologies -- 2.1. The Five-factor Model -- 2.2. The CO-AR Estimation -- 2.3. Breusch-Godfrey test -- 3. Empirical Results -- 3.1. Breusch-Godfrey Test -- 3.2. 25 Size-B/M Portfolio -- 3.2.1. Case 1 -- 3.2.2. Case 2 -- 3.3. 25 Size-Inv Portfolio -- 3.3.1. Case 1 -- 3.3.2. Case 2 -- 3.4. 25 Size-OP Portfolio -- 3.4.1. Case 1 -- 3.4.2. Case 2 -- 3.5. 32 Size-OP-Inv Portfolio -- 3.5.1. Case 1 -- 3.5.2. Case 2 -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Financial Performance: Evidence from Commercial Banks in Mongolia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review -- 2.1. CSR Theories -- 2.2. Measurement Strategies -- 2.2.1. CSR Themes -- 2.2.2. Measurements of CSR Index -- 2.2.3. Measurements of CFP -- 2.3. Relationships between CSR and CFP -- 2.3.1. Positive Relation between CSR and CFP -- 2.3.2. Negative Relation between CSR and CFP -- 2.3.3. No Relation between CSR and CFP -- 3. Measurements, Hypotheses, Data, and Models -- 3.1. Measurements of Corporate Social Responsibility -- 3.1.1. Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Disclosure -- 3.1.2. Corporate Social Responsibility Qualitative Disclosure -- 3.2. Testable Hypotheses -- 3.3. Data -- 3.4. Regression Models -- 4. Empirical Analysis and Results -- 4.1. Descriptive Statistics -- 4.2. The Results of Correlation Tests -- 4.3. The Results of Testing for Differences in Mean and Median for Subsamples -- 4.4. The Results of Multiple Regression Analysis -- 4.5. Robustness Tests -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The Role of Duration and Trades in the Information Assimilation Process of the US Treasury Market -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dynamics of Returns, Volatility, and Trades.; 2.1. Return and Trade Processes -- 2.2. Volatility and Volume Processes -- 3. Intertrade Arrival Time and Impulse Response Functions -- 4. Volatility Decomposition and Spread Regressions -- 5. Data and Empirical Results -- 5.1. Estimation for the Return VAR of On-the-run Issues -- 5.2. Estimation for the Volatility VAR of On-the-run Issues -- 5.3. VAR Estimation for Off-the-run Issues -- 5.4. Impulse Response Function -- 5.5. Volatility Decomposition -- 5.6. Price Efficiency -- 5.7. Spread Regressions -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- The Causal Factors behind Rising Non-performing Assets of India's Commercial Banks: A Panel Study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Trends in India's NPAs -- 3. A Brief Literature Survey -- 3.1. Macroeconomic Factors -- 3.2. Bank-specific Factors -- 4. Data, Model, and Methodology -- 4.1. Data -- 4.2. Model and Methodology -- 4.3. Hypotheses -- 5. Results and Discussion -- 6. Conclusion and Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- What Makes Listed Subsidiaries Delist in Japan? A Logistic Analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature Review and Hypothesis Development -- 3. Data and Sample ; Selection -- 4. Univariate Analysis -- 5. Logistic Regression Analysis of Delisting Decisions -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Not All Firm Entries Are Made Equal: An Exploratory Note -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Frictionless RBC Model with No Entry -- 3. Endogenous Firm Entry as Propagation Mechanism -- 3.1. Channel I: Product Variety and Extensive Margin on Labor Supply -- 3.2. Channel II: Credit-constrained Entry -- 4. Dynamics and Mechanism -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Do Unsolicited Bank Credit Ratings Matter to Bank Leverage Decision? Evidence from Asian Countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Hypotheses Development -- 3. Data and Method -- 3.1. Data and Summary Statistics.; 3.2. Method for Examining a Bank's Leverage Behavior near a SCR or UCR Change -- 3.3. Method of Examining a Bank's Leverage Behavior Following a SCR or UCR Change -- 4. Empirical Results -- 4.1. Bank's Leverage Behavior near Changes in Solicited and Unsolicited Credit Rating -- 4.2. Bank's Leverage Behavior Following Solicited and Unsolicited Credit Rating Changes -- 4.3. Robustness Tests -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Definitions of Variables -- Determinants of Bank Performance in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Related Literature and Hypotheses Development -- 3. Data and Methodology -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Financeis an annual publication designed to focus on interdisciplinary research in finance, economics, and management among Pacific Rim countries.