RNase H as gene modifier, driver of evolution and antiviral defense

K Moelling, F Broecker, G Russo… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Retroviral infections are 'mini-symbiotic'events supplying recipient cells with sequences for
viral replication, including the reverse transcriptase (RT) and ribonuclease H (RNase H) …

NPDock: a web server for protein–nucleic acid docking

I Tuszynska, M Magnus, K Jonak… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Protein–RNA and protein–DNA interactions play fundamental roles in many biological
processes. A detailed understanding of these interactions requires knowledge about protein …

Repeat RNA expansion disorders of the nervous system: post-transcriptional mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

JL Schwartz, KL Jones, GW Yeo - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dozens of incurable neurological disorders result from expansion of short repeat sequences
in both coding and non-coding regions of the transcriptome. Short repeat expansions …

[PDF][PDF] Y-switch: a spring-loaded synthetic gene switch for robust DNA/RNA signal amplification and detection

K Gupta, E Krieg - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nucleic acid tests (NATs) are essential for biomedical diagnostics. Traditional NATs, often
complex and expensive, have prompted the exploration of toehold-mediated strand …

RHAU peptides specific for parallel G-quadruplexes: Potential applications in chemical biology

LTA Nguyen, DT Dang - Molecular Biotechnology, 2023 - Springer
Abstract G-quadruplexes (G4s) are non-canonical nucleic acid structures formed by guanine
(G)-rich sequences, which are ubiquitously found in the human genome and transcriptome …

Development of a ribonuclease containing a G4-specific binding motif for programmable RNA cleavage

DT Dang, AT Phan - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
We developed a ribonuclease for site-specific targeting and cleavage of single-stranded
RNA. The engineered RNase protein was constructed by incorporating two independent …

Assessment of Strategies for Preserving Swine Viral RNA Targets in Diagnostic Specimens

B Munguía-Ramírez, L Giménez-Lirola, J Zimmerman - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Successful downstream molecular analyses of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) in diagnostic
laboratories, eg, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) or …

Ruthenium (II) Complex‐Based G‐quadruplex DNA Selective Luminescent 'Light‐up'Probe for RNase H Activity Detection

SK Sheet, M Rabha, B Sen, SK Patra, K Aguan… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A bis‐heteroleptic ruthenium (II) complex, 1 [PF6] 2 of benzothiazole amide substituted 2,
2′‐bipyridine ligand (bmbbipy) has been synthesized for the selective detection of G …

Restriction endonucleases that cleave RNA/DNA heteroduplexes bind dsDNA in A-like conformation

M Kisiala, M Kowalska, M Pastor, HJ Korza… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Restriction endonucleases naturally target DNA duplexes. Systematic screening has
identified a small minority of these enzymes that can also cleave RNA/DNA heteroduplexes …

Effective modeling of the chromatin structure by coarse-grained methods

I Tuszynska, P Bednarz, B Wilczynski - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The interphase chromatin structure is extremely complex, precise and dynamic.
Experimental methods can only show the frequency of interaction of the various parts of the …