[HTML][HTML] Emerging biology of noncoding RNAs in malaria parasites

K Simantov, M Goyal, R Dzikowski - PLoS pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In eukaryotic organisms, noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been implicated as important
regulators of multifaceted biological processes, including transcriptional, posttranscriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Non-coding natural antisense transcripts: Analysis and application

JC Krappinger, L Bonstingl, K Pansy, K Sallinger… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-coding natural antisense transcripts (ncNATs) are regulatory RNA sequences that are
transcribed in the opposite direction to protein-coding or non-coding transcripts. These …

A long noncoding RNA promotes parasite differentiation in African trypanosomes

F Guegan, KS Rajan, F Bento, D Pinto-Neves… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei causes African sleeping sickness that is fatal to patients if
untreated. Parasite differentiation from a replicative slender form into a quiescent stumpy …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and mechanistic insights into the function of Leishmania ribosome lacking a single pseudouridine modification

KS Rajan, S Aryal, DG Hiregange, A Bashan… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Leishmania is the causative agent of cutaneous and visceral diseases affecting millions of
individuals worldwide. Pseudouridine (Ψ), the most abundant modification on rRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Ribosome-associated ncRNAs (rancRNAs) adjust translation and shape proteomes

V Pecoraro, A Rosina, N Polacek - Non-coding RNA, 2022 - mdpi.com
The regulation of protein synthesis is of extreme importance for cell survival in challenging
environmental conditions. Modulating gene expression at the level of translation allows a …

Pseudouridines on Trypanosoma brucei mRNAs are developmentally regulated: Implications to mRNA stability and protein binding

KS Rajan, K Adler, H Madmoni… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei cycles between an insect and a mammalian host and is
the causative agent of sleeping sickness. Here, we performed high‐throughput mapping of …

[HTML][HTML] Current status of regulatory non-coding RNAs research in the tritryp

RS Fort, S Chavez, JM Trinidad Barnech… - Non-coding RNA, 2022 - mdpi.com
Trypanosomatids are protozoan parasites that cause devastating vector-borne human
diseases. Gene expression regulation of these organisms depends on post-transcriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and functional implications of pseudouridine RNA modification on small noncoding RNAs in the mammalian pathogen Trypanosoma brucei

KS Rajan, K Adler, T Doniger… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite that causes sleeping sickness, cycles between an insect
and a mammalian host. However, the effect of RNA modifications such as …

[HTML][HTML] Ribosome specialization in Protozoa parasites

CC Rodríguez-Almonacid, MK Kellogg… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ribosomes, in general, are viewed as constitutive macromolecular machines where protein
synthesis takes place; however, this view has been recently challenged, supporting the …

[HTML][HTML] Nanopore-Based Direct RNA Sequencing of the Trypanosoma brucei Transcriptome Identifies Novel lncRNAs

E Kruse, HU Göringer - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Trypanosomatids are single-cell eukaryotic parasites. Unlike higher eukaryotes, they control
gene expression post-transcriptionally and not at the level of transcription initiation. This …