Translational control by changes in poly (A) tail length: recycling mRNAs

L Weill, E Belloc, FA Bava, R Méndez - Nature structural & molecular …, 2012 - nature.com
Beyond the well-known function of poly (A) tail length in mRNA stability, recent years have
witnessed an explosion of information about how changes in tail length and the selection of …

Determinants and implications of mRNA poly (A) tail size–does this protein make my tail look big?

AL Jalkanen, SJ Coleman, J Wilusz - Seminars in cell & developmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
While the phenomenon of polyadenylation has been well-studied, the dynamics of poly (A)
tail size and its impact on transcript function and cell biology are less well-appreciated. The …

Control of poly (A) tail length

CR Eckmann, C Rammelt… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (A) tails have long been known as stable 3′ modifications of eukaryotic mRNAs,
added during nuclear pre‐mRNA processing. It is now appreciated that this modification is …

Roles of mRNA poly (A) tails in regulation of eukaryotic gene expression

LA Passmore, J Coller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, poly (A) tails are present on almost every mRNA. Early experiments led to the
hypothesis that poly (A) tails and the cytoplasmic polyadenylate-binding protein (PABPC) …

Tales of detailed poly (A) tails

AL Nicholson, AE Pasquinelli - Trends in cell biology, 2019 - cell.com
Poly (A) tails are non-templated additions of adenosines at the 3′ ends of most eukaryotic
mRNAs. In the nucleus, these RNAs are co-transcriptionally cleaved at a poly (A) site and …

Measuring the tail: Methods for poly (A) tail profiling

A Brouze, PS Krawczyk… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 3′‐end poly (A) tail is an important and potent feature of most mRNA
molecules that affects mRNA fate and translation efficiency. Polyadenylation is a …

Short poly (A) tails are a conserved feature of highly expressed genes

SA Lima, LB Chipman, AL Nicholson… - Nature structural & …, 2017 - nature.com
Poly (A) tails are important elements in mRNA translation and stability, although recent
genome-wide studies have concluded that poly (A) tail length is generally not associated …

Assaying the polyadenylation state of mRNAs

FJ Sallés, WG Richards, S Strickland - Methods, 1999 - Elsevier
The poly (A) tail present at the 3′ end of most eukaryotic mRNAs can play a critical role in
message translation and stability. Therefore, identifying alterations in poly (A) tail length can …

Poly (A) inclusive RNA isoform sequencing (PAIso− seq) reveals wide-spread non-adenosine residues within RNA poly (A) tails

Y Liu, H Nie, H Liu, F Lu - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Message RNA poly (A) tails are vital for their function and regulation. However, the full-
length sequence of mRNA isoforms with their poly (A) tails remains undetermined. Here, we …

Poly (A)-tail profiling reveals an embryonic switch in translational control

AO Subtelny, SW Eichhorn, GR Chen, H Sive… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Poly (A) tails enhance the stability and translation of most eukaryotic messenger RNAs, but
difficulties in globally measuring poly (A)-tail lengths have impeded greater understanding of …