mRNA capping: biological functions and applications

A Ramanathan, GB Robb, SH Chan - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The 5′ m7G cap is an evolutionarily conserved modification of eukaryotic mRNA. Decades
of research have established that the m7G cap serves as a unique molecular module that …

How cells get the message: dynamic assembly and function of mRNA–protein complexes

M Müller-McNicoll, KM Neugebauer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA is packaged into ribonucleoprotein particles called mRNPs. A multitude of
RNA-binding proteins as well as a host of associated proteins participate in the fate of …

SR proteins are NXF1 adaptors that link alternative RNA processing to mRNA export

M Müller-McNicoll, V Botti… - Genes & …, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Nuclear export factor 1 (NXF1) exports mRNA to the cytoplasm after recruitment to mRNA by
specific adaptor proteins. How and why cells use numerous different export adaptors is …

The role of TREX in gene expression and disease

CG Heath, N Viphakone, SA Wilson - Biochemical Journal, 2016 - portlandpress.com
TRanscription and EXport (TREX) is a conserved multisubunit complex essential for
embryogenesis, organogenesis and cellular differentiation throughout life. By linking …

Cap-binding complex (CBC)

T Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis, VH Cowling - Biochemical Journal, 2014 - portlandpress.com
The 7mG (7-methylguanosine cap) formed on mRNA is fundamental to eukaryotic gene
expression. Protein complexes recruited to 7mG mediate key processing events throughout …

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional controls for tuning gene expression in plants

V Zhong, BN Archibald, JAN Brophy - Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant biotechnologists seek to modify plants through genetic reprogramming, but our ability
to precisely control gene expression in plants is still limited. Here, we review transcription …

Paraspeckle formation during the biogenesis of long non-coding RNAs

T Naganuma, T Hirose - RNA biology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Paraspeckles are unique subnuclear structures that are built around a specific long non-
coding RNA (lncRNA), NEAT1, which is comprised of two isoforms (NEAT1_1 and …

The Iws1: Spt6: CTD complex controls cotranscriptional mRNA biosynthesis and HYPB/Setd2-mediated histone H3K36 methylation

SM Yoh, JS Lucas, KA Jones - Genes & development, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Many steps in gene expression and mRNA biosynthesis are coupled to transcription
elongation and organized through the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the large subunit of RNA …

The multi-tasking P-TEFb complex

V Brès, SM Yoh, KA Jones - Current opinion in cell biology, 2008 - Elsevier
P-TEFb (CycT1: Cdk9), the metazoan RNA polymerase II Ser2 C-terminal domain (CTD)
kinase, regulates transcription elongation at many genes and integrates mRNA synthesis …

hnRNP C tetramer measures RNA length to classify RNA polymerase II transcripts for export

A McCloskey, I Taniguchi, K Shinmyozu, M Ohno - Science, 2012 - science.org
Specific RNA recognition is usually achieved by specific RNA sequences and/or structures.
However, we show here a mechanism by which RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcripts are …