Regulatory R-loops as facilitators of gene expression and genome stability

C Niehrs, B Luke - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
R-loops are three-stranded structures that harbour an RNA–DNA hybrid and frequently form
during transcription. R-loop misregulation is associated with DNA damage, transcription …

R-loops as cellular regulators and genomic threats

MP Crossley, M Bocek, KA Cimprich - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
During transcription, the nascent RNA strand can base pair with its template DNA, displacing
the non-template strand as ssDNA and forming a structure called an R-loop. R-loops are …

[HTML][HTML] R loops: from physiological to pathological roles

T García-Muse, A Aguilera - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
DNA-RNA hybrids play a physiological role in cellular processes, but often, they represent
non-scheduled co-transcriptional structures with a negative impact on transcription …

Involvement of lncRNAs in cancer cells migration, invasion and metastasis: cytoskeleton and ECM crosstalk

M Ahmad, LB Weiswald, L Poulain, C Denoyelle… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is the main cause of death worldwide and metastasis is a major cause of poor
prognosis and cancer-associated mortality. Metastatic conversion of cancer cells is a …

DNA damage and genome instability by G-quadruplex ligands are mediated by R loops in human cancer cells

A De Magis, SG Manzo, M Russo… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
G quadruplexes (G4s) and R loops are noncanonical DNA structures that can regulate basic
nuclear processes and trigger DNA damage, genome instability, and cell killing. By different …

Senataxin resolves RNA: DNA hybrids forming at DNA double-strand breaks to prevent translocations

S Cohen, N Puget, YL Lin, T Clouaire… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2 (AOA-2) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS4) are
neurological disorders caused by mutations in the gene encoding for senataxin (SETX), a …

R-ChIP using inactive RNase H reveals dynamic coupling of R-loops with transcriptional pausing at gene promoters

L Chen, JY Chen, X Zhang, Y Gu, R Xiao, C Shao… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
R-loop, a three-stranded RNA/DNA structure, has been linked to induced genome instability
and regulated gene expression. To enable precision analysis of R-loops in vivo, we develop …

R-loop mediated trans action of the APOLO long noncoding RNA

F Ariel, L Lucero, A Christ, MF Mammarella, T Jegu… - Molecular Cell, 2020 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, three-dimensional genome organization is critical for transcriptional
regulation of gene expression. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can modulate chromatin …

The new RNA world: growing evidence for long noncoding RNA functionality

A Jandura, HM Krause - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
The past decade has seen a major increase in the study of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs).
However, there remains a great deal of confusion and debate over the levels of functionality …

RNA toxicity in non‐coding repeat expansion disorders

B Swinnen, W Robberecht, L Van Den Bosch - The EMBO journal, 2020 - embopress.org
Several neurodegenerative disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and
spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) are caused by non‐coding nucleotide repeat expansions …