Roles of transposable elements in the regulation of mammalian transcription

R Fueyo, J Judd, C Feschotte, J Wysocka - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) comprise about half of the mammalian genome. TEs often
contain sequences capable of recruiting the host transcription machinery, which they use to …

The role of retrotransposable elements in ageing and age-associated diseases

V Gorbunova, A Seluanov, P Mita, W McKerrow… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The genomes of virtually all organisms contain repetitive sequences that are generated by
the activity of transposable elements (transposons). Transposons are mobile genetic …

Exclusion of m6A from splice-site proximal regions by the exon junction complex dictates m6A topologies and mRNA stability

A Uzonyi, D Dierks, R Nir, OS Kwon, U Toth, I Barbosa… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary N6-methyladenosine (m6A), a widespread destabilizing mark on mRNA, is non-
uniformly distributed across the transcriptome, yet the basis for its selective deposition is …

Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development

AD Senft, TS Macfarlan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) promote genetic innovation but also threaten genome stability.
Despite multiple layers of host defence, TEs actively shape mammalian-specific …

DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

RNA-directed DNA methylation

RM Erdmann, CL Picard - PLoS genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) is a biological process in which non-coding RNA
molecules direct the addition of DNA methylation to specific DNA sequences. The RdDM …

Role of mammalian DNA methyltransferases in development

Z Chen, Y Zhang - Annual review of biochemistry, 2020 - annualreviews.org
DNA methylation at the 5-position of cytosine (5mC) plays vital roles in mammalian
development. DNA methylation is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), and the …

Taming transposable elements in vertebrates: from epigenetic silencing to domestication

MV Almeida, G Vernaz, ALK Putman, EA Miska - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Transposable element (TE)-derived sequences are ubiquitous in most eukaryotic genomes
known to date. Because their expression and mobility can lead to genomic instability …

Plant-based biopharmaceutical engineering

L Eidenberger, B Kogelmann… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Plants can be engineered to recombinantly produce high-quality proteins such as
therapeutic proteins and vaccines, also known as molecular farming. Molecular farming can …

Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing

MA Cappelluti, V Mollica Poeta, S Valsoni, P Quarato… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Permanent epigenetic silencing using programmable editors equipped with transcriptional
repressors holds great promise for the treatment of human diseases,–. However, to unlock …