Exploring the expanding universe of small RNAs

J Shi, T Zhou, Q Chen - Nature cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
The world of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) is ever-expanding, from small interfering
RNA, microRNA and Piwi-interacting RNA to the recently emerging non-canonical sncRNAs …

tRNA-derived small RNA: a novel regulatory small non-coding RNA

S Li, Z Xu, J Sheng - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Deep analysis of next-generation sequencing data unveils numerous small non-coding
RNAs with distinct functions. Recently, fragments derived from tRNA, named as tRNA …

Meta-analysis of tRNA derived RNA fragments reveals that they are evolutionarily conserved and associate with AGO proteins to recognize specific RNA targets

P Kumar, J Anaya, SB Mudunuri, A Dutta - BMC biology, 2014 - Springer
Background tRFs, 14 to 32 nt long single-stranded RNA derived from mature or precursor
tRNAs, are a recently discovered class of small RNA that have been found to be present in …

Stem cell function and stress response are controlled by protein synthesis

S Blanco, R Bandiera, M Popis, S Hussain, P Lombard… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Whether protein synthesis and cellular stress response pathways interact to control stem cell
function is currently unknown. Here we show that mouse skin stem cells synthesize less …

Aberrant methylation of t RNA s links cellular stress to neuro‐developmental disorders

S Blanco, S Dietmann, JV Flores, S Hussain… - The EMBO …, 2014 - embopress.org
Mutations in the cytosine‐5 RNA methyltransferase NSun2 cause microcephaly and other
neurological abnormalities in mice and human. How post‐transcriptional methylation …

Biogenesis and function of transfer RNA-related fragments (tRFs)

P Kumar, C Kuscu, A Dutta - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Noncoding small RNAs arise from the various un-annotated and annotated regions of the
genome. When they arise from annotated genes, the noncoding small RNAs are functionally …

[HTML][HTML] tRNA fragments in human health and disease

P Anderson, P Ivanov - FEBS letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is traditionally considered to be an adaptor molecule that helps
ribosomes to decode messenger RNA (mRNA) and synthesize protein. Recent studies have …

tRNAs as regulators of biological processes

M Raina, M Ibba - Frontiers in genetics, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Transfer RNAs (tRNA) are best known for their role as adaptors during translation of the
genetic code. Beyond their canonical role during protein biosynthesis, tRNAs also perform …

The presence, role and clinical use of spermatozoal RNAs

M Jodar, S Selvaraju, E Sendler… - Human reproduction …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Spermatozoa are highly differentiated, transcriptionally inert cells
characterized by a compact nucleus with minimal cytoplasm. Nevertheless they contain a …

tRNA renovatio: rebirth through fragmentation

B Kuhle, Q Chen, P Schimmel - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary tRNA function is based on unique structures that enable mRNA decoding using
anticodon trinucleotides. These structures interact with specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases …