R loops: new modulators of genome dynamics and function

JM Santos-Pereira, A Aguilera - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
R loops are nucleic acid structures composed of an RNA–DNA hybrid and a displaced
single-stranded DNA. Recently, evidence has emerged that R loops occur more often in the …

Computational approaches for functional prediction and characterisation of long noncoding RNAs

B Signal, BS Gloss, ME Dinger - Trends in Genetics, 2016 - cell.com
Although a considerable portion of eukaryotic genomes is transcribed as long noncoding
RNAs (lncRNAs), the vast majority are functionally uncharacterised. The rapidly expanding …

The molecular landscape of ETMR at diagnosis and relapse

S Lambo, SN Gröbner, T Rausch, SM Waszak… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Embryonal tumours with multilayered rosettes (ETMRs) are aggressive paediatric embryonal
brain tumours with a universally poor prognosis. Here we collected 193 primary ETMRs and …

[HTML][HTML] HOTTIP-dependent R-loop formation regulates CTCF boundary activity and TAD integrity in leukemia

H Luo, G Zhu, MA Eshelman, TK Fung, Q Lai, F Wang… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
HOTTIP lncRNA is highly expressed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) driven by MLL
rearrangements or NPM1 mutations to mediate HOXA topologically associated domain …

MYCN amplification and ATRX mutations are incompatible in neuroblastoma

M Zeineldin, S Federico, X Chen, Y Fan, B Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggressive cancers often have activating mutations in growth-controlling oncogenes and
inactivating mutations in tumor-suppressor genes. In neuroblastoma, amplification of the …

RNA-DNA hybrid (R-loop) immunoprecipitation mapping: an analytical workflow to evaluate inherent biases

L Halász, Z Karányi, B Boros-Oláh… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
The impact of R-loops on the physiology and pathology of chromosomes has been
demonstrated extensively by chromatin biology research. The progress in this field has been …

Regulation and function of R-loops at repetitive elements

A Gambelli, A Ferrando, C Boncristiani, S Schoeftner - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
R-loops are atypical, three-stranded nucleic acid structures that contain a stretch of RNA:
DNA hybrids and an unpaired, single stranded DNA loop. R-loops are physiological relevant …

Bacterial homologs of innate eukaryotic antiviral defenses with anti-phage activity highlight shared evolutionary roots of viral defenses

DF van den Berg, AR Costa, JQ Esser, I Stanciu… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
Prokaryotes have evolved a multitude of defense systems to protect against phage
predation. Some of these resemble eukaryotic genes involved in antiviral responses. Here …

R‐loop: The new genome regulatory element in plants

J Zhou, W Zhang, Q Sun - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An R‐loop is a three‐stranded chromatin structure that consists of a displaced single strand
of DNA and an RNA: DNA hybrid duplex, which was thought to be a rare by‐product of …

The SUMOylated METTL8 induces R-loop and tumorigenesis via m3C

LH Zhang, XY Zhang, T Hu, XY Chen, JJ Li, M Raida… - Iscience, 2020 - cell.com
R-loops, three-stranded DNA-DNA: RNA hybrid structures, are best known for their
deleterious effects on genome stability. The regulatory factors of this fundamental genetic …