Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation in health and disease

AJ Gruber, M Zavolan - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Most human genes have multiple sites at which RNA 3ʹ end cleavage and polyadenylation
can occur, enabling the expression of distinct transcript isoforms under different conditions …

Alternative polyadenylation of mRNA precursors

B Tian, JL Manley - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an RNA-processing mechanism that generates distinct
3′ termini on mRNAs and other RNA polymerase II transcripts. It is widespread across all …

Dynamic analyses of alternative polyadenylation from RNA-seq reveal a 3′-UTR landscape across seven tumour types

Z **a, LA Donehower, TA Cooper, JR Neilson… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a pervasive mechanism in the regulation of most
human genes, and its implication in diseases including cancer is only beginning to be …

Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation: extent, regulation and function

R Elkon, AP Ugalde, R Agami - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
The 3′ end of most protein-coding genes and long non-coding RNAs is cleaved and
polyadenylated. Recent discoveries have revealed that a large proportion of these genes …

Evolution and biological roles of alternative 3′ UTRs

C Mayr - Trends in cell biology, 2016 - cell.com
More than half of human genes use alternative cleavage and polyadenylation to generate
alternative 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) isoforms. Most efforts have focused on …

CFIm25 links alternative polyadenylation to glioblastoma tumour suppression

CP Masamha, Z **a, J Yang, TR Albrecht, M Li… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The global shortening of messenger RNAs through alternative polyadenylation (APA) that
occurs during enhanced cellular proliferation represents an important, yet poorly understood …

Ubiquitously transcribed genes use alternative polyadenylation to achieve tissue-specific expression

S Lianoglou, V Garg, JL Yang, CS Leslie… - Genes & …, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
More than half of human genes use alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (ApA) to
generate mRNA transcripts that differ in the lengths of their 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) …

Whole transcriptome analysis with sequencing: methods, challenges and potential solutions

Z Jiang, X Zhou, R Li, JJ Michal, S Zhang… - Cellular and molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Whole transcriptome analysis plays an essential role in deciphering genome structure and
function, identifying genetic networks underlying cellular, physiological, biochemical and …

Transcriptional control by premature termination: a forgotten mechanism

K Kamieniarz-Gdula, NJ Proudfoot - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
The concept of early termination as an important means of transcriptional control has long
been established. Even so, its role in metazoan gene expression is underappreciated …

Alternative cleavage and polyadenylation: the long and short of it

B Tian, JL Manley - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013 - cell.com
Cleavage and polyadenylation (C/P) of nascent transcripts is essential for maturation of the
3′ ends of most eukaryotic mRNAs. Over the past three decades, biochemical studies have …