Regulatory R-loops as facilitators of gene expression and genome stability

C Niehrs, B Luke - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
R-loops are three-stranded structures that harbour an RNA–DNA hybrid and frequently form
during transcription. R-loop misregulation is associated with DNA damage, transcription …

[HTML][HTML] R loops: from physiological to pathological roles

T García-Muse, A Aguilera - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
DNA-RNA hybrids play a physiological role in cellular processes, but often, they represent
non-scheduled co-transcriptional structures with a negative impact on transcription …

Ribosome biogenesis in cancer: new players and therapeutic avenues

J Pelletier, G Thomas, S Volarević - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2018 - nature.com
The ribosome is a complex molecular machine composed of numerous distinct proteins and
nucleic acids and is responsible for protein synthesis in every living cell. Ribosome …

Enhancer RNAs are an important regulatory layer of the epigenome

V Sartorelli, SM Lauberth - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020 - nature.com
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) direct a remarkable number of diverse functions in development
and disease through their regulation of transcription, RNA processing and translation …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription-replication conflict orientation modulates R-loop levels and activates distinct DNA damage responses

S Hamperl, MJ Bocek, JC Saldivar, T Swigut… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Conflicts between transcription and replication are a potent source of DNA damage. Co-
transcriptional R-loops could aggravate such conflicts by creating an additional barrier to …

The antitumorigenic roles of BRCA1–BARD1 in DNA repair and replication

M Tarsounas, P Sung - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2020 - nature.com
The tumour suppressor breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1) promotes DNA
double-strand break (DSB) repair by homologous recombination and protects DNA …

The DNA damage response to transcription stress

H Lans, JHJ Hoeijmakers, W Vermeulen… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The spatiotemporal control of RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-mediated gene transcription is
tightly and intricately regulated. In addition, preservation of the integrity of the DNA template …

RNA/DNA hybrid interactome identifies DXH9 as a molecular player in transcriptional termination and R-loop-associated DNA damage

A Cristini, M Groh, MS Kristiansen, N Gromak - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
R-loops comprise an RNA/DNA hybrid and displaced single-stranded DNA. They play
important biological roles and are implicated in pathology. Even so, proteins recognizing …

R loops: new modulators of genome dynamics and function

JM Santos-Pereira, A Aguilera - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
R loops are nucleic acid structures composed of an RNA–DNA hybrid and a displaced
single-stranded DNA. Recently, evidence has emerged that R loops occur more often in the …

Human Rad52 promotes XPG-mediated R-loop processing to initiate transcription-associated homologous recombination repair

T Yasuhara, R Kato, Y Hagiwara, B Shiotani… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Given that genomic DNA exerts its function by being transcribed, it is critical for the
maintenance of homeostasis that DNA damage, such as double-strand breaks (DSBs) …