Regulation of small RNA stability: methylation and beyond

L Ji, X Chen - Cell research, 2012 - nature.com
As central components of RNA silencing, small RNAs play diverse and important roles in
many biological processes in eukaryotes. Aberrant reduction or elevation in the levels of …

[HTML][HTML] The Arabidopsis nucleotidyl transferase HESO1 uridylates unmethylated small RNAs to trigger their degradation

Y Zhao, Y Yu, J Zhai, V Ramachandran, TT Dinh… - Current Biology, 2012 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs)
impact numerous biological processes in eukaryotes. In addition to biogenesis, turnover …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic RNA modifications in posttranscriptional regulation

X Wang, C He - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Cellular RNAs can be chemically modified over a hundred different ways. These
modifications were once thought to be static, discrete, and utilized to fine-tune RNA structure …

The Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 Ortholog, HENN-1, Methylates and Stabilizes Select Subclasses of Germline Small RNAs

AC Billi, AF Alessi, V Khivansara, T Han… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Small RNAs regulate diverse biological processes by directing effector proteins called
Argonautes to silence complementary mRNAs. Maturation of some classes of small RNAs …

[HTML][HTML] The Drosophila RNA methyltransferase, DmHen1, modifies germline piRNAs and single-stranded siRNAs in RISC

MD Horwich, C Li, C Matranga, V Vagin, G Farley… - Current biology, 2007 - cell.com
Small silencing RNAs repress gene expression by a set of related mechanisms collectively
called RNA-silencing pathways [1, 2]. In the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway [3], small …

The emerging role of RNA modifications in the regulation of mRNA stability

SH Boo, YK Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Many studies have highlighted the importance of the tight regulation of mRNA stability in the
control of gene expression. mRNA stability largely depends on the mRNA nucleotide …

Sequence-specific inhibition of small RNA function

G Hutvágner, MJ Simard, CC Mello, PD Zamore - PLoS biology, 2004 - journals.plos.org
Hundreds of microRNAs (miRNAs) and endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have
been identified from both plants and animals, yet little is known about their biochemical …

Methylation as a crucial step in plant microRNA biogenesis

B Yu, Z Yang, J Li, S Minakhina, M Yang, RW Padgett… - Science, 2005 - science.org
Methylation on the base or the ribose is prevalent in eukaryotic ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs)
and is thought to be crucial for ribosome biogenesis and function. Artificially introduced 2 …

Where, when, and how: context-dependent functions of RNA methylation writers, readers, and erasers

H Shi, J Wei, C He - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Cellular RNAs are naturally decorated with a variety of chemical modifications. The
structural diversity of the modified nucleosides provides regulatory potential to sort groups of …

[HTML][HTML] Dogma derailed: the many influences of RNA on the genome

LR Sabin, MJ Delás, GJ Hannon - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Epigenetic control of gene expression is a critical component of transcriptional regulation.
Remarkably, the deposition of epigenetic modifications is often guided by noncoding RNAs …