Akt-ivation of RNA Splicing [PDF]
Cells must tightly control alternative splicing of RNA to maintain homeostasis; in this issue of Molecular Cell, Sanidas et al. (2014) provide new insights into the regulation of RNA splicing by Akt isoforms through phosphorylation of histone modification machinery.
John Blenis, Gina Lee
openaire +3 more sources
SAM68 is a physiological regulator of SMN2 splicing in spinal muscular atrophy [PDF]
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by loss of motor neurons in patients with null mutations in the SMN1 gene. The almost identical SMN2 gene is unable to compensate for this deficiency because of the skipping of exon 7 ...
Annalisa Nobili +51 more
core +2 more sources
De novo prediction of PTBP1 binding and splicing targets reveals unexpected features of its RNA recognition and function. [PDF]
The splicing regulator Polypyrimidine Tract Binding Protein (PTBP1) has four RNA binding domains that each binds a short pyrimidine element, allowing recognition of diverse pyrimidine-rich sequences.
Black, Douglas L +5 more
core +4 more sources
Incorporating evolutionary information and functional domains for identifying RNA splicing factors in humans. [PDF]
Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing is achieved through the interaction of RNA sequence elements and a variety of RNA-splicing related proteins (splicing factors).
Justin Bo-Kai Hsu +3 more
doaj +1 more source
FUS affects circular RNA expression in murine embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons [PDF]
The RNA-binding protein FUS participates in several RNA biosynthetic processes and has been linked to the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.
Bozzoni, Irene +14 more
core +1 more source
During breast cancer metastasis, the developmental process epithelial-mesenchymal (EM) transition is abnormally activated. Transcriptional regulatory networks controlling EM transition are well-studied; however, alternative RNA splicing also plays a ...
Liangjie Sun +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Alternative RNA Splicing in Fatty Liver Disease
Alternative RNA splicing is a process by which introns are removed and exons are assembled to construct different RNA transcript isoforms from a single pre-mRNA.
Panyisha Wu +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Steric antisense inhibition of AMPA receptor Q/R editing reveals tight coupling to intronic editing sites and splicing [PDF]
Adenosine-to-Inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing is a post-transcriptional mechanism, evolved to diversify the transcriptome in metazoa. In addition to wide-spread editing in non-coding regions protein recoding by RNA editing allows for fine tuning of protein ...
Ales Balik +51 more
core +1 more source
A splicing-dependent transcriptional checkpoint associated with prespliceosome formation [PDF]
There is good evidence for functional interactions between splicing and transcription in eukaryotes, but how and why these processes are coupled remain unknown.
Ahn +62 more
core +1 more source
Catalytic RNA and RNA Splicing [PDF]
The capacity of Watson-Crick base-pair complementarity to direct informational transactions basic to gene expression has long been appreciated. Among RNA molecules, it mediates mRNA-tRNA codon-anticodon pairing and the 16S rRNA-mRNA Shine-Dalgarno interaction.
openaire +2 more sources

