Unambiguous identification of miRNA: target site interactions by different types of ligation reactions

S Grosswendt, A Filipchyk, M Manzano, F Klironomos… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
To exert regulatory function, miRNAs guide Argonaute (AGO) proteins to partially
complementary sites on target RNAs. Crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP) assays …

Mapping the miRNA interactome by cross-linking ligation and sequencing of hybrids (CLASH)

A Helwak, D Tollervey - Nature protocols, 2014 - nature.com
RNA-RNA interactions have critical roles in many cellular processes, but studying them is
difficult and laborious. Here we describe an experimental procedure, termed cross-linking …

miRNA–target chimeras reveal miRNA 3′-end pairing as a major determinant of Argonaute target specificity

MJ Moore, TKH Scheel, JM Luna, CY Park… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) act as sequence-specific guides for Argonaute (AGO)
proteins, which mediate posttranscriptional silencing of target messenger RNAs. Despite …

Genome-wide identification of miRNA targets by PAR-CLIP

M Hafner, S Lianoglou, T Tuschl, D Betel - Methods, 2012 - Elsevier
miRNAs are short (20–23nt) RNAs that are loaded into proteins of the Argonaute (AGO)
family and guide them to partially complementary target sites on mRNAs, resulting in mRNA …

Argonaute HITS-CLIP decodes microRNA–mRNA interaction maps

SW Chi, JB Zang, A Mele, RB Darnell - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have critical roles in the regulation of gene expression; however, as
miRNA activity requires base pairing with only 6-8 nucleotides of messenger RNA …

Re‐thinking miRNA‐mRNA interactions: intertwining issues confound target discovery

N Cloonan - Bioessays, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite a library full of literature on miRNA biology, core issues relating to miRNA target
detection, biological effect, and mode of action remain controversial. This essay proposes …

Comprehensive discovery of endogenous Argonaute binding sites in Caenorhabditis elegans

DG Zisoulis, MT Lovci, ML Wilbert, KR Hutt… - Nature structural & …, 2010 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression by guiding Argonaute proteins to specific
target mRNA sequences. Identification of bona fide miRNA target sites in animals is …

A biophysical miRNA-mRNA interaction model infers canonical and noncanonical targets

M Khorshid, J Hausser, M Zavolan, E Van Nimwegen - Nature methods, 2013 - nature.com
We introduce a biophysical model of miRNA-target interaction and infer its parameters from
Argonaute 2 cross-linking and immunoprecipitation data. We show that a substantial fraction …

An alternative mode of microRNA target recognition

SW Chi, GJ Hannon, RB Darnell - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2012 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate mRNA targets through perfect pairing with their seed region
(positions 2–7). Recently, a precise genome-wide map of miRNA interaction sites in mouse …

miRNA targeting: growing beyond the seed

LB Chipman, AE Pasquinelli - Trends in genetics, 2019 - cell.com
miRNAs are small RNAs that guide Argonaute proteins to specific target mRNAs to repress
their translation and stability. Canonically, miRNA targeting is reliant on base pairing of the …