The expanding regulatory mechanisms and cellular functions of circular RNAs

LL Chen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Many protein-coding genes in higher eukaryotes can produce circular RNAs (circRNAs)
through back-splicing of exons. CircRNAs differ from mRNAs in their production, structure …

Alternative splicing regulatory networks: functions, mechanisms, and evolution

J Ule, BJ Blencowe - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
High-throughput sequencing-based methods and their applications in the study of
transcriptomes have revolutionized our understanding of alternative splicing. Networks of …

The biogenesis, functions, and challenges of circular RNAs

X Li, L Yang, LL Chen - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Covalently closed circular RNAs (circRNAs) are produced by precursor mRNA back-splicing
of exons of thousands of genes in eukaryotes. circRNAs are generally expressed at low …

Pol II phosphorylation regulates a switch between transcriptional and splicing condensates

YE Guo, JC Manteiga, JE Henninger, BR Sabari… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The synthesis of pre-mRNA by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) involves the formation of a
transcription initiation complex, and a transition to an elongation complex,,–. The large …

Dynamic transcriptomic m6A decoration: writers, erasers, readers and functions in RNA metabolism

Y Yang, PJ Hsu, YS Chen, YG Yang - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a chemical modification present in multiple RNA
species, being most abundant in mRNAs. Studies on enzymes or factors that catalyze …

The emerging roles and functions of circular RNAs and their generation

CY Yu, HC Kuo - Journal of biomedical science, 2019 - Springer
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are closed long non-coding RNAs, in which the 5'and 3'termini
are covalently linked by back-splicing of exons from a single pre-mRNA. Emerging evidence …

Biogenesis and functions of circular RNAs come into focus

MS **ao, Y Ai, JE Wilusz - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Many eukaryotic protein-coding genes are able to generate exonic circular RNAs. Most of
these covalently linked transcripts are expressed at low levels, but some accumulate to …

A 360 view of circular RNAs: From biogenesis to functions

JE Wilusz - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The first circular RNA (circRNA) was identified more than 40 years ago, but it was only
recently appreciated that circRNAs are common outputs of many eukaryotic protein‐coding …

The biogenesis of nascent circular RNAs

Y Zhang, W Xue, X Li, J Zhang, S Chen, JL Zhang… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Steady-state circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been mapped to thousands of genomic loci in
mammals. We studied circRNA processing using metabolic tagging of nascent RNAs with 4 …

FTO-dependent demethylation of N6-methyladenosine regulates mRNA splicing and is required for adipogenesis

X Zhao, Y Yang, BF Sun, Y Shi, X Yang, W **ao… - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Abstract The role of Fat Mass and Obesity-associated protein (FTO) and its substrate N6-
methyladenosine (m 6 A) in mRNA processing and adipogenesis remains largely unknown …