Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics

T Nojima, NJ Proudfoot - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes express two principal gene categories through RNA polymerase II-
mediated transcription: protein-coding transcription units and non-coding RNA transcription …

Cellular functions of long noncoding RNAs

RW Yao, Y Wang, LL Chen - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
A diverse catalog of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which lack protein-coding potential,
are transcribed from the mammalian genome. They are emerging as important regulators in …

Determinants of enhancer and promoter activities of regulatory elements

R Andersson, A Sandelin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The proper activities of enhancers and gene promoters are essential for coordinated
transcription within a cell. Although diverse methodologies have been developed to identify …

Eukaryotic core promoters and the functional basis of transcription initiation

V Haberle, A Stark - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) core promoters are specialized DNA sequences at
transcription start sites of protein-coding and non-coding genes that support the assembly of …

History, discovery, and classification of lncRNAs

J Jarroux, A Morillon, M Pinskaya - Long non coding RNA biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The RNA World Hypothesis suggests that prebiotic life revolved around RNA
instead of DNA and proteins. Although modern cells have changed significantly in 4 billion …

Linking long noncoding RNA localization and function

LL Chen - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Recent studies have revealed the regulatory potential of many long noncoding RNAs
(lncRNAs). Most lncRNAs, like mRNAs, are transcribed by RNA polymerase II and are …

The Landscape of long noncoding RNA classification

GS Laurent, C Wahlestedt, P Kapranov - Trends in genetics, 2015 - cell.com
Advances in the depth and quality of transcriptome sequencing have revealed many new
classes of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). lncRNA classification has mushroomed to …

Enhancers as non-coding RNA transcription units: recent insights and future perspectives

W Li, D Notani, MG Rosenfeld - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Networks of regulatory enhancers dictate distinct cell identities and cellular responses to
diverse signals by instructing precise spatiotemporal patterns of gene expression. However …

An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues

R Andersson, C Gebhard, I Miguel-Escalada, I Hoof… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Enhancers control the correct temporal and cell-type-specific activation of gene expression
in multicellular eukaryotes. Knowing their properties, regulatory activity and targets is crucial …

[HTML][HTML] U1 snRNP regulates cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro

JM Oh, CC Venters, C Di, AM Pinto, L Wan… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Stimulated cells and cancer cells have widespread shortening of mRNA 3'-untranslated
regions (3'UTRs) and switches to shorter mRNA isoforms due to usage of more proximal …