Specific inhibition of splicing factor activity by decoy RNA oligonucleotides [PDF]
AbstractAlternative splicing, a fundamental step in gene expression, is deregulated in many diseases. Splicing factors (SFs), which regulate this process, are up- or down regulated or mutated in several diseases including cancer. To date, there are no inhibitors that directly inhibit the activity of SFs.
Polina Denichenko +14 more
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The Caenorhabditis elegans gene mfap-1 encodes a nuclear protein that affects alternative splicing. [PDF]
RNA splicing is a major regulatory mechanism for controlling eukaryotic gene expression. By generating various splice isoforms from a single pre-mRNA, alternative splicing plays a key role in promoting the evolving complexity of metazoans.
Long Ma +5 more
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Alternative splicing and extensive RNA editing of human TPH2 transcripts. [PDF]
Brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission plays a key role in the regulation of mood and has been implicated in a variety of neuropsychiatric conditions. Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the biosynthesis of 5-HT.
Bondy, Brigitta +59 more
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The splicing factor proline-glutamine rich (SFPQ/PSF) is involved in influenza virus transcription. [PDF]
The influenza A virus RNA polymerase is a heterotrimeric complex responsible for viral genome transcription and replication in the nucleus of infected cells. We recently carried out a proteomic analysis of purified polymerase expressed in human cells and
Juan Ortín +15 more
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Identification of an RNA Binding Specificity for the Potential Splicing Factor TLS [PDF]
The TLS/FUS gene is involved in a recurrent chromosomal translocation in human myxoid liposarcomas. We previously reported that TLS is a potential splicing regulator able to modulate the 5'-splice site selection in an E1A pre-mRNA. Using an in vitro selection procedure, we investigated whether TLS exhibits a specificity with regard to RNA recognition ...
A, Lerga +6 more
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Pre-mRNA Processing Factors and Retinitis Pigmentosa: RNA Splicing and Beyond [PDF]
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal disease characterized by progressive degeneration of photoreceptors and/or retinal pigment epithelium that eventually results in blindness. Mutations in pre-mRNA processing factors (PRPF3, 4, 6, 8, 31, SNRNP200, and RP9) have been linked to 15–20% of autosomal dominant RP (adRP) cases ...
Chunbo Yang +12 more
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Quantification of pre-mRNA escape rate and synergy in splicing [PDF]
Splicing reactions generally combine high speed with accuracy. However, some of the pre-mRNAs escape the nucleus with a retained intron. Intron retention can control gene expression and increase proteome diversity.
Becskei, Attila +13 more
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Alternative pre-messenger RNA splicing in higher plants emerges as an important layer of regulation upon exposure to exogenous and endogenous cues. Accordingly, mutants defective in RNA-binding proteins predicted to function in the splicing process show ...
Katja Meyer +2 more
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A mutation in a splicing factor that causes retinitis pigmentosa has a transcriptome-wide effect on mRNA splicing [PDF]
Background: Substantial progress has been made in the identification of sequence elements that control mRNA splicing and the genetic variants in these elements that alter mRNA splicing (referred to as splicing quantitative trait loci – sQTLs).
Ramesar, Raj +7 more
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L4-33K, an Adenovirus-encoded Alternative RNA Splicing Factor [PDF]
Splicing of the adenovirus IIIa mRNA is subjected to a strict temporal regulation during virus infection such that efficient IIIa 3' splice site usage is confined to the late phase of the infectious cycle. Here we show that the adenovirus L4-33K protein functions as a virus-encoded RNA splicing factor that preferentially activates splicing of ...
Heidi, Törmänen +3 more
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