A census of human RNA-binding proteins

S Gerstberger, M Hafner, T Tuschl - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Post-transcriptional gene regulation (PTGR) concerns processes involved in the maturation,
transport, stability and translation of coding and non-coding RNAs. RNA-binding proteins …

The nucleolus

T Pederson - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2011 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
When cells are observed by phase contrast microscopy, nucleoli are among the most
conspicuous structures. The nucleolus was formally described between 1835 and 1839, but …

[HTML][HTML] Driving ribosome assembly

D Kressler, E Hurt, J Baβler - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2010 - Elsevier
Ribosome biogenesis is a fundamental process that provides cells with the molecular
factories for cellular protein production. Accordingly, its misregulation lies at the heart of …

Architecture of the 90S pre-ribosome: a structural view on the birth of the eukaryotic ribosome

M Kornprobst, M Turk, N Kellner, J Cheng, D Flemming… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The 90S pre-ribosome is an early biogenesis intermediate formed during co-transcriptional
ribosome formation, composed of∼ 70 assembly factors and several small nucleolar RNAs …

Ribosome dysfunction is an early event in Alzheimer's disease

Q Ding, WR Markesbery, Q Chen, F Li… - Journal of …, 2005 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and devastating disorder that is often preceded by
mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In the present study, we report that in multiple cortical areas …

[HTML][HTML] Protein and nucleotide biosynthesis are coupled by a single rate-limiting enzyme, PRPS2, to drive cancer

JT Cunningham, MV Moreno, A Lodi, SM Ronen… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Cancer cells must integrate multiple biosynthetic demands to drive indefinite proliferation.
How these key cellular processes, such as metabolism and protein synthesis, crosstalk to …

Altered machinery of protein synthesis in Alzheimer's: from the nucleolus to the ribosome

K Hernández‐Ortega, P Garcia‐Esparcia, L Gil… - brain …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ribosomes and protein synthesis have been reported to be altered in the cerebral cortex at
advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Modifications in the hippocampus with …

Dysregulation of the basal RNA polymerase transcription apparatus in cancer

MJ Bywater, RB Pearson, GA McArthur… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Mutations that directly affect transcription by RNA polymerases rank among the most central
mediators of malignant transformation, but the frequency of new anticancer drugs that …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of nucleolar protein dynamics reveals the nuclear degradation of ribosomal proteins

YW Lam, AI Lamond, M Mann, JS Andersen - Current Biology, 2007 - cell.com
Background The nucleolus is a subnuclear organelle in which rRNAs are transcribed,
processed, and assembled with ribosomal proteins into ribosome subunits. Mass …

Differential stoichiometry among core ribosomal proteins

N Slavov, S Semrau, E Airoldi, B Budnik… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
Understanding the regulation and structure of ribosomes is essential to understanding
protein synthesis and its dysregulation in disease. While ribosomes are believed to have a …