R loops: new modulators of genome dynamics and function

JM Santos-Pereira, A Aguilera - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
R loops are nucleic acid structures composed of an RNA–DNA hybrid and a displaced
single-stranded DNA. Recently, evidence has emerged that R loops occur more often in the …

[HTML][HTML] Histone ubiquitination: an integrative signaling platform in genome stability

F Mattiroli, L Penengo - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Complex mechanisms are in place to maintain genome stability. Ubiquitination of chromatin
plays a central role in these mechanisms. The ever-growing complexity of the ubiquitin (Ub) …

[PDF][PDF] R loops: from transcription byproducts to threats to genome stability

A Aguilera, T García-Muse - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
RNA: DNA hybrid structures known as R loops were thought to be rare byproducts of
transcription. In the last decade, however, accumulating evidence has pointed to a new view …

R loops and links to human disease

P Richard, JL Manley - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Aberrant R-loop structures are increasingly being realized as an important contributor to
human disease. R loops, which are mainly co-transcriptional, abundant RNA/DNA hybrids …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide profiling of yeast DNA: RNA hybrid prone sites with DRIP-chip

YA Chan, MJ Aristizabal, PYT Lu, Z Luo, A Hamza… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
DNA: RNA hybrid formation is emerging as a significant cause of genome instability in
biological systems ranging from bacteria to mammals. Here we describe the genome-wide …

Dissenting degradation: Deubiquitinases in cell cycle and cancer

T Bonacci, MJ Emanuele - Seminars in cancer biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Since its discovery forty years ago, protein ubiquitination has been an ever-expanding field.
Virtually all biological processes are controlled by the post-translational conjugation of …

[HTML][HTML] Out of balance: R-loops in human disease

M Groh, N Gromak - PLoS genetics, 2014 - journals.plos.org
R-loops are cellular structures composed of an RNA/DNA hybrid, which is formed when the
RNA hybridises to a complementary DNA strand and a displaced single-stranded DNA. R …

[PDF][PDF] RNF20 and USP44 regulate stem cell differentiation by modulating H2B monoubiquitylation

G Fuchs, E Shema, R Vesterman, E Kotler… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) maintain high genomic plasticity, which is essential for their
capacity to enter diverse differentiation pathways. Posttranscriptional modifications of …

[PDF][PDF] RNF20 links histone H2B ubiquitylation with inflammation and inflammation-associated cancer

O Tarcic, IS Pateras, T Cooks, E Shema, J Kanterman… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Factors linking inflammation and cancer are of great interest. We now report that the
chromatin-targeting E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF20/RNF40, driving histone H2B …

TDRD3 promotes DHX9 chromatin recruitment and R-loop resolution

W Yuan, Q Al-Hadid, Z Wang, L Shen… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
R-loops, which consist of a DNA/RNA hybrid and a displaced single-stranded DNA (ssDNA),
are increasingly recognized as critical regulators of chromatin biology. R-loops are …