Process or perish: quality control in mRNA biogenesis

MB Fasken, AH Corbett - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2005 - nature.com
Production of mature mRNAs that encode functional proteins consists of a highly complex
pathway of synthesis, processing and export. Along this pathway, the mRNA transcript is …

The retrovirus RNA trafficking granule: from birth to maturity

AW Cochrane, MT McNally, AJ Mouland - Retrovirology, 2006 - Springer
Post-transcriptional events in the life of an RNA including RNA processing, transport,
translation and metabolism are characterized by the regulated assembly of multiple …

From silencing to gene expression: real-time analysis in single cells

SM Janicki, T Tsukamoto, SE Salghetti, WP Tansey… - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
We have developed an inducible system to visualize gene expression at the levels of DNA,
RNA and protein in living cells. The system is composed of a 200 copy transgene array …

The carnegie protein trap library: a versatile tool for Drosophila developmental studies

M Buszczak, S Paterno, D Lighthouse, J Bachman… - Genetics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Metazoan physiology depends on intricate patterns of gene expression that remain poorly
known. Using transposon mutagenesis in Drosophila, we constructed a library of 7404 …

The yeast Rat1 exonuclease promotes transcription termination by RNA polymerase II

M Kim, NJ Krogan, L Vasiljeva, OJ Rando, E Nedea… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) of the RNA polymerase II (RNApII) largest subunit
consists of multiple heptapeptide repeats with the consensus sequence YSPTSPS. Different …

Concurrent versus individual binding of HuR and AUF1 to common labile target mRNAs

A Lal, K Mazan‐Mamczarz, T Kawai, X Yang… - The EMBO …, 2004 - embopress.org
RNA‐binding proteins HuR and AUF1 bind to many common AU‐rich target mRNAs and
exert opposing influence on target mRNA stability, but the functional interactions between …

A single subunit, Dis3, is essentially responsible for yeast exosome core activity

A Dziembowski, E Lorentzen, E Conti… - Nature structural & …, 2007 - nature.com
The conserved core of the exosome, the major eukaryotic 3′→ 5′ exonuclease, contains
nine subunits that form a ring similar to the phosphorolytic bacterial PNPase and archaeal …

The zinc-finger antiviral protein recruits the RNA processing exosome to degrade the target mRNA

X Guo, J Ma, J Sun, G Gao - Proceedings of the National …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Zinc-finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is a host antiviral factor that specifically inhibits the
replication of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MLV) and Sindbis virus (SIN) by preventing …

The Spt6 SH2 domain binds Ser2-P RNAPII to direct Iws1-dependent mRNA splicing and export

SM Yoh, H Cho, L Pickle, RM Evans… - Genes & …, 2007 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Spt6 promotes transcription elongation at many genes and functions as a histone H3
chaperone to alter chromatin structure during transcription. We show here that mammalian …

The Iws1: Spt6: CTD complex controls cotranscriptional mRNA biosynthesis and HYPB/Setd2-mediated histone H3K36 methylation

SM Yoh, JS Lucas, KA Jones - Genes & development, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Many steps in gene expression and mRNA biosynthesis are coupled to transcription
elongation and organized through the C-terminal domain (CTD) of the large subunit of RNA …