Suppressing nonsense--a surprising function for 5-azacytidine. [PDF]
, 2014 In this issue of EMBO Molecular Medicine, Bhuvanagiri et al report on a chemical means to convert molecular junk into gold. They identify a chemical inhibitor of a quality control pathway that is best known for its ability to clear cells of rubbish, but ...
Shao, Ada, Wilkinson, Miles F
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Additive and transcript-specific effects of KPAP1 and TbRND activities on 3' non-encoded tail characteristics and mRNA stability in Trypanosoma brucei. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Short, non-encoded oligo(A), oligo(U), or A/U tails can impact mRNA stability in kinetoplastid mitochondria. However, a comprehensive picture of the relative effects of these modifications in RNA stability is lacking.
Sara L Zimmer +3 more
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Targeting of viral RNAs by Upf1-mediated RNA decay pathways. [PDF]
Curr Opin Virol, 2021 Viral RNAs are susceptible to co-translational RNA decay pathways mediated by the RNA helicase Upstream frameshift 1 (Upf1). Upf1 is a key component in nonsense-mediated decay (NMD), Staufen1-mediated mRNA decay (SMD), and structure-mediated RNA decay (SRD) pathways, among others.
May JP, Simon AE.
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Traffic into silence: endomembranes and post-transcriptional RNA silencing. [PDF]
, 2014 microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are small RNAs that repress gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in plants and animals. Small RNAs guide Argonaute-containing RNA-induced silencing complexes to target RNAs in a sequence-
Chen, Xuemei +2 more
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F1000Research, 2018 Gene expression is typically quantified as RNA abundance, which is influenced by both synthesis (transcription) and decay. Cytoplasmic decay typically initiates by deadenylation, after which decay can occur through any of three cytoplasmic decay pathways.
Leslie E Sieburth, Jessica N Vincent
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A 212-nt long RNA structure in the Tobacco necrosis virus-D RNA genome is resistant to Xrn degradation [PDF]
, 2019 Plus-strand RNA viruses can accumulate viral RNA degradation products during infections. Some of these decay intermediates are generated by the cytosolic 5′-to-3′ exoribonuclease Xrn1 (mammals and yeast) or Xrn4 (plants) and are formed when the enzyme ...
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HIV-1 RNA may decline more slowly in semen than in blood following initiation of efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Antiretroviral therapy (ART) decreases HIV-1 RNA levels in semen and reduces sexual transmission from HIV-1-infected men. Our objective was to study the time course and magnitude of seminal HIV-1 RNA decay after initiation of efavirenz-based ART among 13
Susan M Graham +9 more
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eLife, 2020 Recognition and rapid degradation of mRNA harboring premature translation termination codons (PTCs) serves to protect cells from accumulating non-functional and potentially toxic truncated polypeptides. Targeting of PTC-containing transcripts is mediated
Lucas D Serdar +4 more
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Complementarity of end regions increases the lifetime of small RNAs in mammalian cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Two RNAs (4.5SH and 4.5SI) with unknown functions share a number of features: short length (about 100 nt), transcription by RNA polymerase III, predominately nuclear localization, the presence in various tissues, and relatively narrow taxonomic ...
Anastasia P Koval +3 more
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The 5' → 3' exoribonuclease XRN1/Pacman and its functions in cellular processes and development [PDF]
, 2012 XRN1 is a 5' → 3' processive exoribonuclease that degrades mRNAs after they have been decapped. It is highly conserved in all eukaryotes, including homologs in Drosophila melanogaster (Pacman), Caenorhabditis elegans (XRN1), and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (
Jones, Christopher Iain +2 more
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