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 …

Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

[HTML][HTML] Gene regulation by long non-coding RNAs and its biological functions

L Statello, CJ Guo, LL Chen, M Huarte - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence accumulated over the past decade shows that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
are widely expressed and have key roles in gene regulation. Recent studies have begun to …

Reversible phase separation of HSF1 is required for an acute transcriptional response during heat shock

H Zhang, S Shao, Y Zeng, X Wang, Y Qin, Q Ren… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heat-shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) orchestrates the fast and vast cellular response to
heat shock through increased expression of heat-shock proteins. However, how HSF1 …

It's not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation

HJ Wiedner, J Giudice - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation are increasingly regarded as
coordinators of cellular reactions that regulate a wide variety of biological phenomena …

Liquid–liquid phase separation as an organizing principle of intracellular space: Overview of the evolution of the cell compartmentalization concept

IA Antifeeva, AV Fonin, AS Fefilova… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
At the turn of the twenty-first century, fundamental changes took place in the understanding
of the structure and function of proteins and then in the appreciation of the intracellular …

Protein–DNA/RNA interactions: an overview of investigation methods in the-omics era

F Cozzolino, I Iacobucci, V Monaco… - Journal of Proteome …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The fields of application of functional proteomics are not limited to the study of protein–
protein interactions; they also extend to those involving protein complexes that bind DNA or …

[图书][B] RNA, the epicenter of genetic information

J Mattick, P Amaral - 2023 - library.oapen.org
The origin story and emergence of molecular biology is muddled. The early triumphs in
bacterial genetics and the complexity of animal and plant genomes complicate an intricate …

Paraspeckles are constructed as block copolymer micelles

T Yamazaki, T Yamamoto, H Yoshino… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Paraspeckles are constructed by NEAT1_2 architectural long noncoding RNAs. Their
characteristic cylindrical shapes, with highly ordered internal organization, distinguish them …

Upregulation of Superenhancer‐driven LncRNA FASRL by USF1 promotes de novo fatty acid biosynthesis to exacerbate hepatocellular carcinoma

JY Peng, DK Cai, RL Zeng, CY Zhang, GC Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Superenhancers drive abnormal gene expression in tumors and promote malignancy.
However, the relationship between superenhancer‐associated long noncoding RNA …