Reconfigurable A-motif, i-motif and triplex nucleic acids for smart pH-responsive DNA hydrogels

Y Hu, JY Ying - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Integrating dynamic reconfigurable DNA crosslinking units, smart DNA hydrogels have
demonstrated sol–gel transition, shape memory, self-healing, sensing, cargo encapsulation …

3′ end mRNA processing: molecular mechanisms and implications for health and disease

S Danckwardt, MW Hentze, AE Kulozik - The EMBO journal, 2008 - embopress.org
Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanism of mRNA 3′ end
processing have uncovered a previously unanticipated integrated network of transcriptional …

Forkhead transcription factor FOXO3a protects quiescent cells from oxidative stress

GJPL Kops, TB Dansen, PE Polderman, I Saarloos… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Reactive oxygen species are required for cell proliferation but can also induce apoptosis. In
proliferating cells this paradox is solved by the activation of protein kinase B (PKB; also …

Molecular architecture of the human pre-mRNA 3′ processing complex

Y Shi, DC Di Giammartino, D Taylor, A Sarkeshik… - Molecular cell, 2009 - cell.com
Pre-mRNA 3′ end formation is an essential step in eukaryotic gene expression. Over half of
human genes produce alternatively polyadenylated mRNAs, suggesting that regulated …

A regulatory cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase in Caenorhabditis elegans

L Wang, CR Eckmann, LC Kadyk, M Wickens, J Kimble - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Messenger RNA regulation is a critical mode of controlling gene expression. Regulation of
mRNA stability and translation is linked to controls of poly (A) tail length,. Poly (A) …

Specificity factors in cytoplasmic polyadenylation

A Charlesworth, HA Meijer… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Poly (A) tail elongation after export of an messenger RNA (mRNA) to the cytoplasm is called
cytoplasmic polyadenylation. It was first discovered in oocytes and embryos, where it has …

Pre‐mRNA 3′‐end processing complex assembly and function

S Chan, EA Choi, Y Shi - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The 3′‐ends of almost all eukaryotic mRNAs are formed in a two‐step process, an
endonucleolytic cleavage followed by polyadenylation (the addition of a poly‐adenosine or …

Translation initiation in cancer: a novel target for therapy

F Meric, KK Hunt - Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 2002 - AACR
Translation initiation is regulated in response to nutrient availability and mitogenic
stimulation and is coupled with cell cycle progression and cell growth. Several alterations in …

Analysis of a noncanonical poly (A) site reveals a tripartite mechanism for vertebrate poly (A) site recognition

K Venkataraman, KM Brown… - Genes & …, 2005 - genesdev.cshlp.org
At least half of all human pre-mRNAs are subject to alternative 3′ processing that may
modulate both the coding capacity of the message and the array of post-transcriptional …

RNA-specific ribonucleotidyl transferases

G Martin, W Keller - Rna, 2007 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
RNA-specific nucleotidyl transferases (rNTrs) are a diverse family of template-independent
polymerases that add ribonucleotides to the 3′-ends of RNA molecules. All rNTrs share a …