Natural and engineered nucleic acids as tools to explore biology

RR Breaker - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
RNA and DNA molecules can form complex, three-dimensional folded structures that have
surprisingly sophisticated functions, including catalysing chemical reactions and controlling …

Current perspectives in zebrafish reverse genetics: moving forward

I Skromne, VE Prince - Developmental Dynamics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Use of the zebrafish as a model of vertebrate development and disease has expanded
dramatically over the past decade. While many articles have discussed the strengths of …

External guide sequence technology: a path to development of novel antimicrobial therapeutics

C Davies‐Sala, A Soler‐Bistué… - Annals of the New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
RNase P is a ribozyme originally identified for its role in maturation of tRNAs by cleavage of
precursor tRNAs (pre‐tRNAs) at the 5′‐end termini. RNase P is a ribonucleoprotein …

Trials, travails and triumphs: an account of RNA catalysis in RNase P

WH McClain, LB Lai, V Gopalan - Journal of molecular biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Last December marked the 20th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Sidney
Altman and Thomas Cech for their discovery of RNA catalysts in bacterial ribonuclease P …

Seasonal changes in temperature and precipitation influence isoflavone concentration in short-season soybean

MJ Morrison, ER Cober, MF Saleem… - Field Crops …, 2010 - Elsevier
Future soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivars with elevated or reduced concentrations of
isoflavones may be required to satisfy the food market. Climate influences isoflavone …

RNase P-mediated sequence-specific cleavage of RNA by engineered external guide sequences

M Derksen, V Mertens, GJM Pruijn - Biomolecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
The RNA cleavage activity of RNase P can be employed to decrease the levels of specific
RNAs and to study their function or even to eradicate pathogens. Two different technologies …

SSH reveals a linkage between a senescence-associated protease and Verticillium wilt symptom development in lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

SJ Klosterman, A Anchieta, MD Garcia-Pedrajas… - … and molecular plant …, 2011 - Elsevier
Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was employed to identify lettuce (Lactuca
sativa) genes that are differentially expressed in symptomatic leaves infected with …

Gene silencing in the therapy of influenza and other respiratory diseases: Targeting to RNase P by use of External Guide Sequences (EGS)

DH Dreyfus, SM Tompkins, R Fuleihan… - Biologics: Targets and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Respiratory diseases provide an attractive target for gene silencing using small nucleic
acids since the respiratory epithelium can be reached by inhalation therapy. Natural …

Inhibition of no tail (ntl) gene expression in zebrafish by external guide sequence (EGS) technique

DS Pei, YH Sun, Y Long, ZY Zhu - Molecular biology reports, 2008 - Springer
External guide sequence (EGS) technique, a branch of ribozyme strategy, can be enticed to
cleave the target mRNA by forming a tRNA-like structure. In the present study, no tail gene …

History of RNase P and overview of its catalytic activity

S Altman - Ribonuclease P, 2010 - Springer
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