RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications

S Delaunay, M Helm, M Frye - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of chemical modifications of single nucleotides to alter the electrostatic charge,
hydrophobic surface and base pairing of RNA molecules is exploited for the clinical use of …

Biological roles of adenine methylation in RNA

K Boulias, EL Greer - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is one of the most abundant modifications of the
epitranscriptome and is found in cellular RNAs across all kingdoms of life. Advances in …

Exon architecture controls mRNA m6A suppression and gene expression

PC He, J Wei, X Dou, BT Harada, Z Zhang, R Ge, C Liu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant messenger RNA (mRNA) modification
and plays crucial roles in diverse physiological processes. Using a massively parallel assay …

The proteins of mRNA modification: writers, readers, and erasers

MN Flamand, M Tegowski… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, mRNA modifications have emerged as important regulators of gene
expression control in cells. Fueled in large part by the development of tools for detecting …

Roles of mRNA poly (A) tails in regulation of eukaryotic gene expression

LA Passmore, J Coller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, poly (A) tails are present on almost every mRNA. Early experiments led to the
hypothesis that poly (A) tails and the cytoplasmic polyadenylate-binding protein (PABPC) …

mRNA regulation by RNA modifications

WV Gilbert, S Nachtergaele - Annual review of biochemistry, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Chemical modifications on mRNA represent a critical layer of gene expression regulation.
Research in this area has continued to accelerate over the last decade, as more …

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 …

Epigenetic modification of m6A regulator proteins in cancer

Y Wang, Y Wang, H Patel, J Chen, J Wang, ZS Chen… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Divergent N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications are dynamic and reversible
posttranscriptional RNA modifications that are mediated by m6A regulators or m6A RNA …

The role of m6A modification in the biological functions and diseases

X Jiang, B Liu, Z Nie, L Duan, Q **ong, Z **… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent, abundant and conserved internal
cotranscriptional modification in eukaryotic RNAs, especially within higher eukaryotic cells …

m6A RNA methylation: from mechanisms to therapeutic potential

PC He, C He - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
RNA carries a diverse array of chemical modifications that play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression. N 6‐methyladenosine (m6A), installed onto mRNA by the …