A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

T Hirose, K Ninomiya, S Nakagawa… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are detected in cells as dots of mesoscopic size. By
undergoing phase separation into a liquid-like or gel-like phase, MLOs contribute to …

[HTML][HTML] CLIP and complementary methods

M Hafner, M Katsantoni, T Köster, J Marks… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
RNA molecules start assembling into ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes during
transcription. Dynamic RNP assembly, largely directed by cis-acting elements on the RNA …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Alternative splicing regulatory networks: functions, mechanisms, and evolution

J Ule, BJ Blencowe - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
High-throughput sequencing-based methods and their applications in the study of
transcriptomes have revolutionized our understanding of alternative splicing. Networks of …

The role of TDP-43 mislocalization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

TR Suk, MWC Rousseaux - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Since its discovery as a primary component in cytoplasmic aggregates in post-mortem tissue
of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), TAR DNA Binding Protein 43 kDa (TDP …

TDP-43 condensation properties specify its RNA-binding and regulatory repertoire

M Hallegger, AM Chakrabarti, FCY Lee, BL Lee… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Mutations causing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often affect the condensation
properties of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). However, the role of RBP condensation in the …

Liquid-liquid phase separation of TDP-43 and FUS in physiology and pathology of neurodegenerative diseases

JL Carey, L Guo - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liquid-liquid phase separation of RNA-binding proteins mediates the formation of numerous
membraneless organelles with essential cellular function. However, aberrant phase …

Small and long non-coding RNAs: Past, present, and future

LL Chen, VN Kim - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Since the introduction of the central dogma of molecular biology in 1958, various RNA
species have been discovered. Messenger RNAs transmit genetic instructions from DNA to …

Shell protein composition specified by the lncRNA NEAT1 domains dictates the formation of paraspeckles as distinct membraneless organelles

H Takakuwa, T Yamazaki, S Souquere, S Adachi… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Many membraneless organelles (MLOs) formed through phase separation play crucial roles
in various cellular processes. Although these MLOs co-exist in cells, how they maintain their …

Stress induces dynamic, cytotoxicity-antagonizing TDP-43 nuclear bodies via paraspeckle LncRNA NEAT1-mediated liquid-liquid phase separation

C Wang, Y Duan, G Duan, Q Wang, K Zhang, X Deng… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Despite the prominent role of TDP-43 in neurodegeneration, its physiological and
pathological functions are not fully understood. Here, we report an unexpected role of TDP …