The new (dis) order in RNA regulation

AI Järvelin, M Noerenberg, I Davis… - Cell Communication and …, 2016 - Springer
RNA-binding proteins play a key role in the regulation of all aspects of RNA metabolism,
from the synthesis of RNA to its decay. Protein-RNA interactions have been thought to be …

Dysregulation of mRNA localization and translation in genetic disease

ET Wang, JM Taliaferro, JA Lee… - Journal of …, 2016 - Soc Neuroscience
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) acting at various steps in the post-transcriptional regulation of
gene expression play crucial roles in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] TRIBE: hijacking an RNA-editing enzyme to identify cell-specific targets of RNA-binding proteins

AC McMahon, R Rahman, H Jin, JL Shen, A Fieldsend… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
RNA transcripts are bound and regulated by RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Current methods
for identifying in vivo targets of an RBP are imperfect and not amenable to examining small …

Dynamic mRNA transport and local translation in radial glial progenitors of the developing brain

LJ Pilaz, AL Lennox, JP Rouanet, DL Silver - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
In the developing brain, neurons are produced from neural stem cells termed radial glia [1,
2]. Radial glial progenitors span the neuroepithelium, extending long basal processes to …

catRAPID signature: identification of ribonucleoproteins and RNA-binding regions

CM Livi, P Klus, R Delli Ponti, GG Tartaglia - Bioinformatics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Recent technological advances revealed that an unexpected large number of
proteins interact with transcripts even if the RNA-binding domains are not annotated. We …

Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein (FMRP) controls diacylglycerol kinase activity in neurons

R Tabet, E Moutin, JAJ Becker… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by the absence of the Fragile X Mental Retardation
Protein (FMRP) in neurons. In the mouse, the lack of FMRP is associated with an excessive …

Presence of inclusions positive for polyglycine containing protein, FMRpolyG, indicates that repeat-associated non-AUG translation plays a role in fragile X-associated …

RAM Buijsen, JA Visser, P Kramer… - Human …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Does repeat-associated non-AUG (RAN) translation play a role in fragile
X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency (FXPOI), leading to the presence of polyglycine …

Astrocyte-secreted thrombospondin-1 modulates synapse and spine defects in the fragile X mouse model

C Cheng, SKM Lau, LC Doering - Molecular Brain, 2016 - Springer
Astrocytes are key participants in various aspects of brain development and function, many
of which are executed via secreted proteins. Defects in astrocyte signaling are implicated in …

FMRP expression levels in mouse central nervous system neurons determine behavioral phenotype

J Arsenault, S Gholizadeh, Y Niibori, LK Pacey… - Human gene …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) is absent or highly reduced in Fragile X
Syndrome, a genetic disorder causing cognitive impairment and autistic behaviors. Previous …

Mouse genetic models of human brain disorders

C Leung, Z Jia - Frontiers in genetics, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Over the past three decades, genetic manipulations in mice have been used in
neuroscience as a major approach to investigate the in vivo function of genes and their …