Optochemical control of biological processes in cells and animals

N Ankenbruck, T Courtney, Y Naro… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological processes are naturally regulated with high spatial and temporal control, as is
perhaps most evident in metazoan embryogenesis. Chemical tools have been extensively …

Circular RNAs as therapeutic agents and targets

LM Holdt, A Kohlmaier, D Teupser - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It has recently been reported that thousands of covalently linked circular RNAs (circRNAs)
are expressed from human genomes. circRNAs emerge during RNA splicing. circRNAs are …

Optogenetic control of RNA function and metabolism using engineered light-switchable RNA-binding proteins

R Liu, J Yang, J Yao, Z Zhao, W He, N Su… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play an essential role in regulating the function of RNAs in a
cellular context, but our ability to control RBP activity in time and space is limited. Here, we …

Optochemical control of deoxyoligonucleotide function via a nucleobase-caging approach

Q Liu, A Deiters - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Synthetic oligonucleotides have been extensively applied tocontrol a wide range of
biological processes such as gene expression, gene repair, DNA replication, and protein …

Development of nucleic acid medicines based on chemical technology

Y Kawamoto, Y Wu, Y Takahashi, Y Takakura - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics have attracted attention as an emerging modality that
includes the modulation of genes and their binding proteins related to diseases, allowing us …

RNA control by photoreversible acylation

WA Velema, AM Kietrys, ET Kool - Journal of the American …, 2018 - ACS Publications
External photocontrol over RNA function has emerged as a useful tool for studying nucleic
acid biology. Most current methods rely on fully synthetic nucleic acids with photocaged …

Translational control of gene function through optically regulated nucleic acids

KE Darrah, A Deiters - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Translation of mRNA into protein is one of the most fundamental processes within biological
systems. Gene expression is tightly regulated both in space and time, often involving …

RNA cloaking by reversible acylation

A Kadina, AM Kietrys, ET Kool - … Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a selective and mild chemical approach for controlling RNA hybridization,
folding, and enzyme interactions. Reaction of RNAs in aqueous buffer with an azide …

Photoresponsive self‐assembled DNA nanomaterials: design, working principles, and applications

DY Tam, X Zhuang, SW Wong, PK Lo - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Photoresponsive DNA nanomaterials represent a new class of remarkable functional
materials. By adjusting the irradiation wavelength, light intensity, and exposure time, various …

Optochemische Steuerung biologischer Vorgänge in Zellen und Tieren

N Ankenbruck, T Courtney, Y Naro… - Angewandte …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Die Regulation biologischer Vorgänge in der Natur unterliegt einer strengen
räumlichen und zeitlichen Steuerung; eines der offensichtlichsten Beispiele ist die …