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 …

Integrated lncRNA function upon genomic and epigenomic regulation

AB Herman, D Tsitsipatis, M Gorospe - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although some long noncoding (lnc) RNAs are known since the 1950s, the past 25 years
have uncovered myriad lncRNAs with diverse sequences, structures, and functions. The …

LNCcation: lncRNA localization and function

MC Bridges, AC Daulagala, A Kourtidis - Journal of Cell Biology, 2021 - rupress.org
Subcellular localization of RNAs has gained attention in recent years as a prevalent
phenomenon that influences numerous cellular processes. This is also evident for the large …

Competing protein-RNA interaction networks control multiphase intracellular organization

DW Sanders, N Kedersha, DSW Lee, AR Strom… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) mediates formation of membraneless condensates
such as those associated with RNA processing, but the rules that dictate their assembly …

Intracellular mRNA transport and localized translation

S Das, M Vera, V Gandin, RH Singer… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Fine-tuning cellular physiology in response to intracellular and environmental cues requires
precise temporal and spatial control of gene expression. High-resolution imaging …

Mammalian stress granules and P bodies at a glance

CL Riggs, N Kedersha, P Ivanov… - Journal of cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Stress granules (SGs) and processing bodies (PBs) are membraneless ribonucleoprotein-
based cellular compartments that assemble in response to stress. SGs and PBs form …

m6A enhances the phase separation potential of mRNA

RJ Ries, S Zaccara, P Klein, A Olarerin-George… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent modified nucleotide in mRNA,,
with around 25% of mRNAs containing at least one m6A. Methylation of mRNA to form m6A …

Targeting biomolecular condensation and protein aggregation against cancer

JL Silva, D Foguel, VF Ferreira, TCRG Vieira… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates, membrane-less entities arising from liquid–liquid phase
separation, hold dichotomous roles in health and disease. Alongside their physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of stress granule assembly and disassembly

S Hofmann, N Kedersha, P Anderson… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Stress granules (SGs) are membrane-less ribonucleoprotein (RNP)-based cellular
compartments that form in the cytoplasm of a cell upon exposure to various environmental …

Liquid–liquid phase separation in crowded environments

AAM André, E Spruijt - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomolecular condensates play a key role in organizing cellular fluids such as the cytoplasm
and nucleoplasm. Most of these non-membranous organelles show liquid-like properties …