LncRNA structural characteristics in epigenetic regulation

C Wang, L Wang, Y Ding, X Lu, G Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
The rapid development of new generation sequencing technology has deepened the
understanding of genomes and functional products. RNA-sequencing studies in mammals …

Function by structure: spotlights on Xist long non-coding RNA

G Pintacuda, AN Young, A Cerase - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Recent experimental evidence indicates that lncRNAs can act as regulatory molecules in the
context of development and disease. Xist, the master regulator of X chromosome …

RNA structure drives interaction with proteins

N Sanchez de Groot, A Armaos… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The combination of high-throughput sequencing and in vivo crosslinking approaches leads
to the progressive uncovering of the complex interdependence between cellular …

Deep learning models for RNA secondary structure prediction (probably) do not generalize across families

M Szikszai, M Wise, A Datta, M Ward… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The secondary structure of RNA is of importance to its function. Over the last few
years, several papers attempted to use machine learning to improve de novo RNA …

Structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genome and predictions of the human interactome

A Vandelli, M Monti, E Milanetti, A Armaos… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Specific elements of viral genomes regulate interactions within host cells. Here, we
calculated the secondary structure content of> 2000 coronaviruses and computed> 100 000 …

Phase separation drives X-chromosome inactivation: a hypothesis

A Cerase, A Armaos, C Neumayer, P Avner… - Nature structural & …, 2019 - nature.com
The long non-coding RNA Xist induces heterochromatinization of the X chromosome by
recruiting repressive protein complexes to chromatin. Here we gather evidence, from the …

Design and Functional Validation of a Mutant Variant of the LncRNA HOTAIR to Counteract Snail Function in Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

C Battistelli, S Garbo, V Riccioni, C Montaldo… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
HOTAIR is a lncRNA overexpressed in several epithelial cancers and strongly correlated
with invasion. This lncRNA was proven a pivotal element of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal …

Deep learning models for predicting RNA degradation via dual crowdsourcing

HK Wayment-Steele, W Kladwang… - Nature Machine …, 2022 - nature.com
Medicines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) hold immense potential, as evidenced by
their rapid deployment as COVID-19 vaccines. However, worldwide distribution of mRNA …

RNA secondary structure packages evaluated and improved by high-throughput experiments

HK Wayment-Steele, W Kladwang, AI Strom, J Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the popularity of computer-aided study and design of RNA molecules, little is known
about the accuracy of commonly used structure modeling packages in tasks sensitive to …

Machine learning modeling of RNA structures: methods, challenges and future perspectives

KE Wu, JY Zou, H Chang - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The three-dimensional structure of RNA molecules plays a critical role in a wide range of
cellular processes encompassing functions from riboswitches to epigenetic regulation …