Quality and quantity control of gene expression by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

T Kurosaki, MW Popp, LE Maquat - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of the best characterized and most
evolutionarily conserved cellular quality control mechanisms. Although NMD was first found …

Blood-derived lncRNAs as biomarkers for cancer diagnosis: the Good, the Bad and the Beauty

C Badowski, B He, LX Garmire - NPJ precision oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer ranks as one of the deadliest diseases worldwide. The high mortality rate associated
with cancer is partially due to the lack of reliable early detection methods and/or inaccurate …

Ythdc2 is an N6-methyladenosine binding protein that regulates mammalian spermatogenesis

PJ Hsu, Y Zhu, H Ma, Y Guo, X Shi, Y Liu, M Qi, Z Lu… - Cell research, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most common internal modification in
eukaryotic mRNA. It is dynamically installed and removed, and acts as a new layer of mRNA …

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 …

Translation‐coupled mRNA quality control mechanisms

L Monaghan, D Longman, JF Cáceres - The EMBO Journal, 2023 - embopress.org
Abstract mRNA surveillance pathways are essential for accurate gene expression and to
maintain translation homeostasis, ensuring the production of fully functional proteins. Future …

Comprehensive identification of RNA-binding domains in human cells

A Castello, B Fischer, CK Frese, R Horos, AM Alleaume… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Mammalian cells harbor more than a thousand RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), with half of
these employing unknown modes of RNA binding. We developed RBDmap to determine the …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay: an intricate machinery that shapes transcriptomes

S Lykke-Andersen, TH Jensen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is probably the best characterized eukaryotic RNA
degradation pathway. Through intricate steps, a set of NMD factors recognize and degrade …

Restricting retrotransposons: a review

JL Goodier - Mobile DNA, 2016 - Springer
Retrotransposons have generated about 40% of the human genome. This review examines
the strategies the cell has evolved to coexist with these genomic “parasites”, focussing on …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in humans at a glance

T Kurosaki, LE Maquat - Journal of cell science, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is an mRNA quality-control mechanism that
typifies all eukaryotes examined to date. NMD surveys newly synthesized mRNAs and …

The multiple functions of RNA helicases as drivers and regulators of gene expression

CF Bourgeois, F Mortreux, D Auboeuf - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2016 - nature.com
RNA helicases comprise the largest family of enzymes involved in the metabolism of
mRNAs, the processing and fate of which rely on their packaging into messenger …