RNA modifications: importance in immune cell biology and related diseases

L Cui, R Ma, J Cai, C Guo, Z Chen, L Yao… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA modifications have become hot topics recently. By influencing RNA processes,
including generation, transportation, function, and metabolization, they act as critical …

Retrotransposons as regulators of gene expression

RA Elbarbary, BA Lucas, LE Maquat - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Genomes are subject to two types of changes: changes to the DNA
sequence, and changes that are epigenetic in nature. Changes to the DNA sequence can …

A critical analysis of codon optimization in human therapeutics

VP Mauro, SA Chappell - Trends in molecular medicine, 2014 - cell.com
Codon optimization describes gene engineering approaches that use synonymous codon
changes to increase protein production. Applications for codon optimization include …

PRUNE2 is a human prostate cancer suppressor regulated by the intronic long noncoding RNA PCA3

A Salameh, AK Lee, M Cardó-Vila, DN Nunes… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Prostate cancer antigen 3 (PCA3) is the most specific prostate cancer biomarker but its
function remains unknown. Here we identify PRUNE2, a target protein-coding gene variant …

REDItools: high-throughput RNA editing detection made easy

E Picardi, G Pesole - Bioinformatics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The reliable detection of RNA editing sites from massive sequencing data remains
challenging and, although several methodologies have been proposed, no computational …

Investigating RNA editing in deep transcriptome datasets with REDItools and REDIportal

C Lo Giudice, MA Tangaro, G Pesole, E Picardi - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
RNA editing is a widespread post-transcriptional mechanism able to modify transcripts
through insertions/deletions or base substitutions. It is prominent in mammals, in which …

ATTIC is an integrated approach for predicting A-to-I RNA editing sites in three species

R Chen, F Li, X Guo, Y Bi, C Li, S Pan… - Briefings in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A-to-I editing is the most prevalent RNA editing event, which refers to the change of
adenosine (A) bases to inosine (I) bases in double-stranded RNAs. Several studies have …

Dynamic variations of 3′ UTR length reprogram the mRNA regulatory landscape

E Navarro, A Mallén, M Hueso - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper concerns 3′-untranslated regions (3′ UTRs) of mRNAs, which are non-coding
regulatory platforms that control stability, fate and the correct spatiotemporal translation of …

Genome-wide analysis of A-to-I RNA editing by single-molecule sequencing in Drosophila

G St Laurent, MR Tackett, S Nechkin… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
The accurate and thorough genome-wide detection of adenosine-to-inosine editing, a
biologically indispensable process, has proven challenging. Here, we present a discovery …