Quantitative genome-wide enhancer activity maps for five Drosophila species show functional enhancer conservation and turnover during cis-regulatory evolution

CD Arnold, D Gerlach, D Spies, JA Matts… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Phenotypic differences between closely related species are thought to arise primarily from
changes in gene expression due to mutations in cis-regulatory sequences (enhancers) …

Conserved piRNA expression from a distinct set of piRNA cluster loci in eutherian mammals

G Chirn, R Rahman, YA Sytnikova, JA Matts… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The Piwi pathway is deeply conserved amongst animals because one of its essential
functions is to repress transposons. However, many Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) do not …

Identification of extracellular miRNA in archived serum samples by next-generation sequencing from RNA extracted using multiple methods

A Gautam, R Kumar, G Dimitrov, A Hoke… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract miRNAs act as important regulators of gene expression by promoting mRNA
degradation or by attenuating protein translation. Since miRNAs are stably expressed in …

Transposable element dynamics and PIWI regulation impacts lncRNA and gene expression diversity in Drosophila ovarian cell cultures

YA Sytnikova, R Rahman, G Chirn, JP Clark… - Genome …, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Piwi proteins and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) repress transposable elements (TEs) from
mobilizing in gonadal cells. To determine the spectrum of piRNA-regulated targets that may …

Boronate affinity electrophoresis for the purification and analysis of cofactor-modified RNAs

G Nübel, FA Sorgenfrei, A Jäschke - Methods, 2017 - Elsevier
RNA modifications are widely distributed in Nature, and their thorough analysis helps
answering fundamental biological questions. Nowadays, mass spectrometry or deep …

RNase H-based analysis of synthetic mRNA 5′ cap incorporation

SH Chan, JM Whipple, N Dai, TM Kelley, K Withers… - Rna, 2022 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Advances in mRNA synthesis and lipid nanoparticles technologies have helped make
mRNA therapeutics and vaccines a reality. The 5′ cap structure is a crucial modification …

Expression of microRNAs during female inflorescence development in African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)

H Ho, R Gudimella, M Ong-Abdullah… - Tree Genetics & …, 2017 - Springer
In African oil palm, the formation of fruit relies on the successful progression of a 2-to 3-year
phase of development of inflorescences, in particular the female inflorescence. In this study …

Improved boronate affinity electrophoresis by optimization of the running buffer for a single-step separation of piRNA from mouse testis total RNA

Y Sato, D Iwasawa, KP Hui, R Nakagomi… - Analytical …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Here we examined optimization of the running buffer in boronate affinity electrophoresis for
improved separation of PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) with 2′-O-methylated ribose in 3 …

[HTML][HTML] PBOX-sRNA-seq uncovers novel features of miRNA modification and identifies selected 5′-tRNA fragments bearing 2′-O-modification

S Chen, Y Cai, H Yang, B Zhang, N Li, G Ren - Nucleic Acids Research - academic.oup.com
The concomitant cloning of RNA degradation products is a major concern in standard small
RNA-sequencing practices. This not only complicates the characterization of bona fide …

Boronic acid assisted assembly and activity control of split nucleic acid enzymes

A Lelievre - 2022 - epub.ub.uni-greifswald.de
The hairpin ribozyme is a small Mg2+-dependent catalytic RNA molecule able to catalyze
the trans-cleavage of an RNA substrate via a reversible trans-esterification mechanism. In …