What are 3′ UTRs doing?

C Mayr - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
SUMMARY 3′ untranslated regions (3′ UTRs) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are best
known to regulate mRNA-based processes, such as mRNA localization, mRNA stability, and …

Alternative mRNA transcription, processing, and translation: insights from RNA sequencing

E de Klerk, P AC't Hoen - Trends in Genetics, 2015 - cell.com
The human transcriptome comprises> 80000 protein-coding transcripts and the estimated
number of proteins synthesized from these transcripts is in the range of 250000 to 1 million …

Dynamics of translation of single mRNA molecules in vivo

X Yan, TA Hoek, RD Vale, ME Tanenbaum - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Regulation of mRNA translation, the process by which ribosomes decode mRNAs into
polypeptides, is used to tune cellular protein levels. Currently, methods for observing the …

Alternative start and termination sites of transcription drive most transcript isoform differences across human tissues

A Reyes, W Huber - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Most human genes generate multiple transcript isoforms. The differential expression of these
isoforms can help specify cell types. Diverse transcript isoforms arise from the use of …

Evolution and biological roles of alternative 3′ UTRs

C Mayr - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
More than half of human genes use alternative cleavage and polyadenylation to generate
alternative 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) isoforms. Most efforts have focused on …

Nudt21 controls cell fate by connecting alternative polyadenylation to chromatin signaling

J Brumbaugh, B Di Stefano, X Wang, M Borkent… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Cell fate transitions involve rapid gene expression changes and global chromatin
remodeling, yet the underlying regulatory pathways remain incompletely understood. Here …

A comprehensive analysis of 3′ end sequencing data sets reveals novel polyadenylation signals and the repressive role of heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein C on …

AJ Gruber, R Schmidt, AR Gruber, G Martin… - Genome …, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a general mechanism of transcript diversification in
mammals, which has been recently linked to proliferative states and cancer. Different 3 …

Cleavage and polyadenylation: Ending the message expands gene regulation

J Neve, R Patel, Z Wang, A Louey, AM Furger - RNA biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cleavage and polyadenylation (pA) is a fundamental step that is required for the maturation
of primary protein encoding transcripts into functional mRNAs that can be exported from the …

Intron retention and nuclear loss of SFPQ are molecular hallmarks of ALS

R Luisier, GE Tyzack, CE Hall, JS Mitchell… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mutations causing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) strongly implicate ubiquitously
expressed regulators of RNA processing. To understand the molecular impact of ALS …

Comparative Evaluation of the Nutritive, Mineral, and Antinutritive Composition of Musa sinensis L. (Banana) and Musa paradisiaca L. (Plantain) Fruit Compartments

BO Oyeyinka, AJ Afolayan - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Banana and plantain contribute significantly to food security and amelioration of
malnutrition, earning their status as staples in several localities of tropical and sub-tropical …