Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics

T Nojima, NJ Proudfoot - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes express two principal gene categories through RNA polymerase II-
mediated transcription: protein-coding transcription units and non-coding RNA transcription …

The functions and unique features of long intergenic non-coding RNA

JD Ransohoff, Y Wei, PA Khavari - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) genes have diverse features that distinguish
them from mRNA-encoding genes and exercise functions such as remodelling chromatin …

Unique features of long non-coding RNA biogenesis and function

JJ Quinn, HY Chang - Nature reviews genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a diverse class of RNAs that engage in numerous
biological processes across every branch of life. Although initially discovered as mRNA-like …

Linking long noncoding RNA localization and function

LL Chen - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Recent studies have revealed the regulatory potential of many long noncoding RNAs
(lncRNAs). Most lncRNAs, like mRNAs, are transcribed by RNA polymerase II and are …

Transcription termination and the control of the transcriptome: why, where and how to stop

O Porrua, D Libri - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2015 - nature.com
Transcription termination occurs when the polymerase is released after a transcription event,
thus delimitating transcription units; however, the functional importance of termination …

Native elongating transcript sequencing reveals human transcriptional activity at nucleotide resolution

A Mayer, J Di Iulio, S Maleri, U Eser, J Vierstra… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Major features of transcription by human RNA polymerase II (Pol II) remain poorly defined
due to a lack of quantitative approaches for visualizing Pol II progress at nucleotide …

The role of FACT in managing chromatin: disruption, assembly, or repair?

T Formosa, F Winston - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract FACT (FAcilitates Chromatin Transcription) has long been considered to be a
transcription elongation factor whose ability to destabilize nucleosomes promotes RNAPII …

Emerging mechanisms of long noncoding RNA function during normal and malignant hematopoiesis

JR Alvarez-Dominguez… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are increasingly recognized as vital components of gene
programs controlling cell differentiation and function. Central to their functions is an ability to …

Native elongation transcript sequencing reveals temperature dependent dynamics of nascent RNAPII transcription in Arabidopsis

P Kindgren, M Ivanov, S Marquardt - Nucleic Acids Research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Temperature profoundly affects the kinetics of biochemical reactions, yet how large
molecular complexes such as the transcription machinery accommodate changing …

Long noncoding RNAs as new architects in cancer epigenetics, prognostic biomarkers, and potential therapeutic targets

D Meseure, K Drak Alsibai, A Nicolas… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in genome‐wide analysis have revealed that 66% of the genome is
actively transcribed into noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) while less than 2% of the sequences …