Life under the microscope: single-molecule fluorescence highlights the RNA world

S Ray, JR Widom, NG Walter - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The emergence of single-molecule (SM) fluorescence techniques has opened up a vast new
toolbox for exploring the molecular basis of life. The ability to monitor individual …

Approaches for measuring the dynamics of RNA–protein interactions

DD Licatalosi, X Ye, E Jankowsky - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
RNA–protein interactions are pivotal for the regulation of gene expression from bacteria to
human. RNA–protein interactions are dynamic; they change over biologically relevant …

Division of labor in an oligomer of the DEAD-box RNA helicase Ded1p

AA Putnam, Z Gao, F Liu, H Jia, Q Yang, E Jankowsky - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Most aspects of RNA metabolism involve DEAD-box RNA helicases, enzymes that bind and
remodel RNA and RNA-protein complexes in an ATP-dependent manner. Here we show …

DEAD-box helicases form nucleotide-dependent, long-lived complexes with RNA

F Liu, AA Putnam, E Jankowsky - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
DEAD-box RNA helicases bind and remodel RNA and RNA–protein complexes in an ATP-
dependent fashion. Several lines of evidence suggest that DEAD-box RNA helicases can …

Sen1 has unique structural features grafted on the architecture of the Upf1‐like helicase family

B Leonaitė, Z Han, J Basquin, F Bonneau… - The EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Abstract The superfamily 1B (SF 1B) helicase Sen1 is an essential protein that plays a key
role in the termination of non‐coding transcription in yeast. Here, we identified the~ 90 kDa …

Statistical Mechanics of DNA Unzipping under Periodic Force:<? format?> Scaling Behavior of Hysteresis Loops

S Kumar, G Mishra - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
A simple model of DNA based on two interacting polymers has been used to study the
unzipping of a double stranded DNA subjected to a periodic force. We propose a dynamical …

Identification and analysis of the interaction network of African swine fever virus D1133L with host proteins

Y Hao, J Yang, B Yang, T Zhang, X Shi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious and lethal hemorrhagic disease in pigs; its spread
results in huge economic losses to the global pig industry. ASF virus (ASFV) is a large …

Superfamily II helicases: the potential therapeutic target for cardiovascular diseases

T Fang, X Wang, N Huangfu - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) still maintain high morbidity and mortality globally.
Helicases, a unique class of enzymes, are extensively implicated in the processes of nucleic …

Helicase-mediated changes in RNA structure at the single-molecule level

SLB König, PS Liyanage, RKO Sigel, D Rueda - RNA biology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
RNA helicases are a diverse group of RNA-dependent ATPases known to play a large
number of biological roles inside the cell, such as RNA unwinding, remodeling, export and …

[HTML][HTML] Optical tweezer and TIRF microscopy for single molecule manipulation of RNA/DNA nanostructures including their rubbery property and single molecule …

C Ghimire, P Guo - Biophysics Reports, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Life science is often focused on the microscopic level. Single-molecule technology has been
used to observe components at the micro-or nanoscale. Single-molecule imaging provides …