The role of RNA in biological phase separations

MM Fay, PJ Anderson - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Phase transitions that alter the physical state of ribonucleoprotein particles contribute to the
spacial and temporal organization of the densely packed intracellular environment. This …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the crosstalk between LMNA and splicing machinery gene mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy

HC Zahr, DE Jaalouk - Frontiers in genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes for the nuclear lamina proteins lamins A and C,
are responsible for a diverse group of diseases known as laminopathies. One type of …

Integrator subunit 4 is a 'Symplekin-like'scaffold that associates with INTS9/11 to form the Integrator cleavage module

TR Albrecht, SP Shevtsov, Y Wu… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Integrator (INT) is a transcriptional regulatory complex associated with RNA polymerase II
that is required for the 3′-end processing of both UsnRNAs and enhancer RNAs. Integrator …

Nuclear bodies

IA Sawyer, M Dundr - Nuclear architecture and dynamics, 2018 - Elsevier
The cell nucleus is nonrandomly organized and lacks defining internal membranes. As such,
prominent domains composed of DNA, RNA, and protein complexes within the nucleus are …

Dynamics and function of nuclear bodies during embryogenesis

D Arias Escayola, KM Neugebauer - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Nuclear bodies are RNA-rich membraneless organelles in the cell nucleus that concentrate
specific sets of nuclear proteins and RNA–protein complexes. Nuclear bodies such as the …

[PDF][PDF] RNAs as proximity-labeling media for identifying nuclear speckle positions relative to the genome

W Chen, Z Yan, S Li, N Huang, X Huang, J Zhang… - Iscience, 2018 - cell.com
It remains challenging to identify all parts of the nuclear genome that are in proximity to
nuclear speckles, due to physical separation between the nuclear speckle cores and …

High-content imaging approaches to quantitate stress-induced changes in nucleolar morphology

JS He, P Soo, M Evers, KM Parsons, N Hein… - ASSAY and Drug …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
The nucleolus is a dynamic subnuclear compartment that has a number of different
functions, but its primary role is to coordinate the production and assembly of ribosomes. For …

CBP-mediated SMN acetylation modulates Cajal body biogenesis and the cytoplasmic targeting of SMN

V Lafarga, O Tapia, S Sharma, R Bengoechea… - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Springer
The survival of motor neuron (SMN) protein plays an essential role in the biogenesis of
spliceosomal snRNPs and the molecular assembly of Cajal bodies (CBs). Deletion of or …

C3G dynamically associates with nuclear speckles and regulates mRNA splicing

DK Shakyawar, B Muralikrishna… - Molecular Biology of the …, 2018 - Am Soc Cell Biol
C3G (Crk SH3 domain binding guanine nucleotide releasing factor)(Rap guanine nucleotide
exchange factor 1), essential for mammalian embryonic development, is ubiquitously …

Spatial organization of the nucleus compartmentalizes and regulates the genome

MI Robson, A Rizzotto, EC Schirmer - Nuclear Pore Complexes in Genome …, 2018 - Springer
The nucleus must simultaneously orchestrate DNA replication, transcription, splicing,
signalling, and directional transport of proteins into the nucleus and RNA out of the nucleus …