Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

Genome-wide analysis of human long noncoding RNAs: a provocative review

CP Ponting, W Haerty - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Do long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute little or substantively to human biology? To
address how lncRNA loci and their transcripts, structures, interactions, and functions …

Transcription regulation by long non-coding RNAs: mechanisms and disease relevance

J Ferrer, N Dimitrova - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) outnumber protein-coding transcripts, but their functions
remain largely unknown. In this Review, we discuss the emerging roles of lncRNAs in the …

A model for organization and regulation of nuclear condensates by gene activity

HH Schede, P Natarajan, AK Chakraborty… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Condensation by phase separation has recently emerged as a mechanism underlying many
nuclear compartments essential for cellular functions. Nuclear condensates enrich nucleic …

Systematic mapping of nuclear domain-associated transcripts reveals speckles and lamina as hubs of functionally distinct retained introns

AR Barutcu, M Wu, U Braunschweig, BJA Dyakov… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
The nucleus is highly compartmentalized through the formation of distinct classes of
membraneless domains. However, the composition and function of many of these structures …

[HTML][HTML] Merging established mechanisms with new insights: condensates, hubs, and the regulation of RNA polymerase II transcription

M Palacio, DJ Taatjes - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
The regulation of RNA polymerase II (pol II) transcription requires a complex and context-
specific array of proteins and protein complexes, as well as nucleic acids and metabolites …

The chromatin-associated RNAs in gene regulation and cancer

J Tang, X Wang, D Xiao, S Liu, Y Tao - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Eukaryotic genomes are prevalently transcribed into many types of RNAs that translate into
proteins or execute gene regulatory functions. Many RNAs associate with chromatin directly …

[HTML][HTML] The apparent loss of PRC2 chromatin occupancy as an artifact of RNA depletion

E Healy, Q Zhang, EH Gail, SC Agius, G Sun, M Bullen… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
RNA has been implicated in the recruitment of chromatin modifiers, and previous studies
have provided evidence in favor and against this idea. RNase treatment of chromatin is …

[图书][B] RNA, the epicenter of genetic information

J Mattick, P Amaral - 2023 - library.oapen.org
The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

HNRNPU facilitates antibody class-switch recombination through C-NHEJ promotion and R-loop suppression

AM Refaat, M Nakata, A Husain, H Kosako, T Honjo… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
B cells generate functionally different classes of antibodies through class-switch
recombination (CSR), which requires classical non-homologous end joining (C-NHEJ) to …