Targeting RNA structures with small molecules

JL Childs-Disney, X Yang, QMR Gibaut… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA adopts 3D structures that confer varied functional roles in human biology and
dysfunction in disease. Approaches to therapeutically target RNA structures with small …

Probing the dynamic RNA structurome and its functions

RC Spitale, D Incarnato - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
RNA is a key regulator of almost every cellular process, and the structures adopted by RNA
molecules are thought to be central to their functions. The recent fast-paced evolution of high …

Thoughts on how to think (and talk) about RNA structure

Q Vicens, JS Kieft - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Recent events have pushed RNA research into the spotlight. Continued discoveries of RNA
with unexpected diverse functions in healthy and diseased cells, such as the role of RNA as …

RNA sequencing: the teenage years

R Stark, M Grzelak, J Hadfield - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Over the past decade, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has become an indispensable tool for
transcriptome-wide analysis of differential gene expression and differential splicing of …

Advances and opportunities in RNA structure experimental determination and computational modeling

J Zhang, Y Fei, L Sun, QC Zhang - Nature methods, 2022 - nature.com
Beyond transferring genetic information, RNAs are molecules with diverse functions that
include catalyzing biochemical reactions and regulating gene expression. Most of these …

The roles of structural dynamics in the cellular functions of RNAs

LR Ganser, ML Kelly, D Herschlag… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
RNAs fold into 3D structures that range from simple helical elements to complex tertiary
structures and quaternary ribonucleoprotein assemblies. The functions of many regulatory …

Functional 5′ UTR mRNA structures in eukaryotic translation regulation and how to find them

K Leppek, R Das, M Barna - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
RNA molecules can fold into intricate shapes that can provide an additional layer of control
of gene expression beyond that of their sequence. In this Review, we discuss the current …

Combinatorial optimization of mRNA structure, stability, and translation for RNA-based therapeutics

K Leppek, GW Byeon, W Kladwang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Therapeutic mRNAs and vaccines are being developed for a broad range of human
diseases, including COVID-19. However, their optimization is hindered by mRNA instability …

mRNA structure regulates protein expression through changes in functional half-life

DM Mauger, BJ Cabral, V Presnyak… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) encode information in both their primary sequence and their
higher order structure. The independent contributions of factors like codon usage and …

Revealing lncRNA structures and interactions by sequencing-based approaches

X Qian, J Zhao, PY Yeung, QC Zhang… - Trends in biochemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as significant players in almost every level
of gene function and regulation. Thus, characterizing the structures and interactions of …