Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles in filarial nematodes: from nematode development to diagnostics [PDF]
, 2016 Parasitic nematodes have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to communicate with their hosts in order to survive and successfully establish an infection. The transfer of RNA within extracellular vesicles (EVs) has recently been described as a mechanism that
Babayan, S.A. +2 more
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Argonaute proteins at a glance [PDF]
Journal of Cell Science, 2010 Although a large portion of the human genome is actively transcribed into RNA, less than 2% encodes proteins. Most transcripts are non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which have various cellular functions.
Ender, Christine, Meister, Gunter
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Are Argonaute-Associated Tiny RNAs Junk, Inferior miRNAs, or a New Type of Functional RNAs?
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 The biosynthesis pathways of microRNAs (miRNAs) have been well characterized with the identification of the required components. miRNAs are synthesized from the transcripts of miRNA genes and other RNAs, such as introns, transfer RNAs, ribosomal RNAs ...
Kotaro Nakanishi, Kotaro Nakanishi
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The biogenesis pathway of tRNA-derived piRNAs in Bombyx germ cells. [PDF]
, 2017 Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) function in translational machinery and further serves as a source of short non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). tRNA-derived ncRNAs show differential expression profiles and play roles in many biological processes beyond translation ...
Honda, Shozo +5 more
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MicroRNA-mediated gene silencing: are we close to a unifying model?
Biomolecular Concepts, 2012 MicroRNAs (miRNAs) comprise a group of small non-coding RNA –21 nucleotides in length. They act as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression by forming base pairing interactions with target messenger RNA (mRNA).
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Non-Coding RNA, 2023 Aging in women is accompanied by a dramatic change in circulating sex steroid hormones. Specifically, the primary circulating estrogen, 17β-estradiol (E2), is nearly undetectable in post-menopausal women.
Megan L. Linscott +4 more
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RNA Interference by Single- and Double-stranded siRNA With a DNA Extension Containing a 3′ Nuclease-resistant Mini-hairpin Structure [PDF]
, 2013 Selective gene silencing by RNA interference (RNAi) involves double-stranded small interfering RNA (ds siRNA) composed of single-stranded (ss) guide and passenger RNAs.
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Function Control of Anti-microRNA Oligonucleotides Using Interstrand Cross-Linked Duplexes
Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2018 MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided argonaute (Ago) controls gene expression upon binding to the 3′ UTR of mRNA. The miRNA function can be competitively inhibited by single-stranded anti-miRNA oligonucleotides (AMOs).
Yasuhiro Mie +6 more
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Antagonistic and cooperative AGO2-PUM interactions in regulating mRNAs. [PDF]
, 2018 Approximately 1500 RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) profoundly impact mammalian cellular function by controlling distinct sets of transcripts, often using sequence-specific binding to 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) to regulate mRNA stability and translation ...
Estep, Jason A +4 more
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The Varied Roles of Nuclear Argonaute-Small RNA Complexes and Avenues for Therapy
Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2014 Argonautes are highly conserved proteins found in almost all eukaryotes and some bacteria and archaea. In humans, there are eight argonaute proteins evenly distributed across two clades, the Ago clade (AGO1-4) and the Piwi clade (PIWIL1-4).
Jason P Ross, Zena Kassir
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