Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex

H Iwakawa, Y Tomari - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Small RNAs regulate a wide variety of biological processes by repressing the expression of
target genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. To achieve these …

Towards a molecular understanding of microRNA-mediated gene silencing

S Jonas, E Izaurralde - Nature reviews genetics, 2015 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a conserved class of small non-coding RNAs that assemble with
Argonaute proteins into miRNA-induced silencing complexes (miRISCs) to direct post …

The functions of microRNAs: mRNA decay and translational repression

H Iwakawa, Y Tomari - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous small noncoding RNAs, which regulate
complementary mRNAs by inducing translational repression and mRNA decay. Although …

The complexity of miRNA-mediated repression

A Wilczynska, M Bushell - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2015 - nature.com
Since their discovery 20 years ago, miRNAs have attracted much attention from all areas of
biology. These short (∼ 22 nt) non-coding RNA molecules are highly conserved in evolution …

The mechanics of miRNA-mediated gene silencing: a look under the hood of miRISC

MR Fabian, N Sonenberg - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2012 - nature.com
Since their discovery almost two decades ago, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to
function by post-transcriptionally regulating protein accumulation. Understanding how …

Gene silencing by microRNAs: contributions of translational repression and mRNA decay

E Huntzinger, E Izaurralde - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
Despite their widespread roles as regulators of gene expression, important questions
remain about target regulation by microRNAs. Animal microRNAs were originally thought to …

Phase transitions in the assembly and function of human miRISC

J Sheu-Gruttadauria, IJ MacRae - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Summary miRISC is a multi-protein assembly that uses microRNAs (miRNAs) to identify
mRNAs targeted for repression. Dozens of miRISC-associated proteins have been …

Posttranscriptional upregulation by microRNAs

S Vasudevan - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs are small non‐coding RNA guide molecules that regulate gene expression via
association with effector complexes and sequence‐specific recognition of target sites on …

GW182 proteins directly recruit cytoplasmic deadenylase complexes to miRNA targets

JE Braun, E Huntzinger, M Fauser, E Izaurralde - Molecular cell, 2011 - cell.com
Summary miRNAs are posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression that associate with
Argonaute and GW182 proteins to repress translation and/or promote mRNA degradation …

Clinical features, neurogenetics and neuropathology of the polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias type 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7

U Rüb, L Schöls, H Paulson, G Auburger… - Progress in …, 2013 - Elsevier
The spinocerebellar ataxias type 1 (SCA1), 2 (SCA2), 3 (SCA3), 6 (SCA6) and 7 (SCA7) are
genetically defined autosomal dominantly inherited progressive cerebellar ataxias (ADCAs) …