Nuclear compartmentalization as a mechanism of quantitative control of gene expression

P Bhat, D Honson, M Guttman - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Gene regulation requires the dynamic coordination of hundreds of regulatory factors at
precise genomic and RNA targets. Although many regulatory factors have specific affinity for …

3′-end processing of eukaryotic mRNA: machinery, regulation, and impact on gene expression

V Boreikaitė, LA Passmore - Annual review of biochemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Formation of the 3′ end of a eukaryotic mRNA is a key step in the production of a mature
transcript. This process is mediated by a number of protein factors that cleave the pre …

[PDF][PDF] RNA promotes the formation of spatial compartments in the nucleus

SA Quinodoz, JW Jachowicz, P Bhat, N Ollikainen… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
RNA, DNA, and protein molecules are highly organized within three-dimensional (3D)
structures in the nucleus. Although RNA has been proposed to play a role in nuclear …

Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates

YE Guo, JC Manteiga, JE Henninger, BR Sabari… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The synthesis of pre-mRNA by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) involves the formation of a
transcription initiation complex, and a transition to an elongation complex,,–. The large …

Structural insights into nuclear transcription by eukaryotic DNA-dependent RNA polymerases

M Girbig, AD Misiaszek, CW Müller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
The eukaryotic transcription apparatus synthesizes a staggering diversity of RNA molecules.
The labour of nuclear gene transcription is, therefore, divided among multiple DNA …

Nuclear speckles: molecular organization, biological function and role in disease

L Galganski, MO Urbanek… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The nucleoplasm is not homogenous; it consists of many types of nuclear bodies, also
known as nuclear domains or nuclear subcompartments. These self-organizing structures …

The code and beyond: transcription regulation by the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain

KM Harlen, LS Churchman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) extends from the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II
(Pol II) as a long, repetitive and largely unstructured polypeptide chain. Throughout the …

Phase separation of RNA-binding protein promotes polymerase binding and transcription

W Shao, X Bi, Y Pan, B Gao, J Wu, Y Yin, Z Liu… - Nature Chemical …, 2022 - nature.com
An RNA-involved phase-separation model has been proposed for transcription control.
However, the molecular links that connect RNA to the transcription machinery remain …

Transcriptional termination in mammals: Stopping the RNA polymerase II juggernaut

NJ Proudfoot - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Genes correspond to single transcription units, starting from the promoter
and ending at the terminator. Terminating gene transcription is directly coupled to mRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian NET-seq reveals genome-wide nascent transcription coupled to RNA processing

T Nojima, T Gomes, ARF Grosso, H Kimura, MJ Dye… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Transcription is a highly dynamic process. Consequently, we have developed native
elongating transcript sequencing technology for mammalian chromatin (mNET-seq), which …