Illuminating RNA biology: tools for imaging RNA in live mammalian cells

E Braselmann, C Rathbun, EM Richards… - Cell chemical biology, 2020 - cell.com
The central dogma teaches us that DNA makes RNA, which in turn makes proteins, the main
building blocks of the cell. But this over simplified linear transmission of information …

Advances in fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging

T Ozawa, H Yoshimura, SB Kim - Analytical chemistry, 2013 - ACS Publications
Recent progress of bioanalytical techniques has accelerated the deep understanding of
cellular states and development of novel drugs as well as medical diagnosis. Particularly …

Recent advances in high-performance fluorescent and bioluminescent RNA imaging probes

Y **a, R Zhang, Z Wang, J Tian, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
RNA plays an important role in life processes. Imaging of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and
micro-RNAs (miRNAs) not only allows us to learn the formation and transcription of mRNAs …

Harnessing CRISPR/Cas systems for programmable transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation

A Mahas, CN Stewart Jr, MM Mahfouz - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Genome editing has enabled broad advances and novel approaches in studies of gene
function and structure; now, emerging methods aim to precisely engineer post …

Modulation of miRNA function by natural and synthetic RNA-binding proteins in cancer

PD Vos, PJ Leedman, A Filipovska… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) are the most important regulators of
mRNA stability and translation in eukaryotic cells; however, the complex interplay between …

Fluorescence chemosensors for hydrogen sulfide detection in biological systems

Z Guo, G Chen, G Zeng, Z Li, A Chen, J Wang, L Jiang - Analyst, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
A comprehensive review of the development of H2S fluorescence-sensing strategies,
including sensors based on chemical reactions and fluorescence resonance energy transfer …

Programmable RNA-binding protein composed of repeats of a single modular unit

KP Adamala, DA Martin-Alarcon… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
The ability to monitor and perturb RNAs in living cells would benefit greatly from a modular
protein architecture that targets unmodified RNA sequences in a programmable way. We …

Split luciferase-fragment reconstitution for unveiling RNA localization and dynamics in live cells

M Eguchi, H Yoshimura, Y Ueda, T Ozawa - ACS sensors, 2023 - ACS Publications
The intracellular distribution and dynamics of RNAs play pivotal roles in various
physiological phenomena. The ability to monitor the amount and localization of endogenous …

[PDF][PDF] Nanoscale dynamics and localization of single endogenous mRNAs in stress granules

K Sugawara, S Uno, M Kamiya… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic messenger ribonucleoprotein granules transiently
formed in stressed mammalian cells. Although SG components have been well …

Single molecule fluorescence approaches shed light on intracellular RNAs

S Pitchiaya, LA Heinicke, TC Custer… - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The eukaryotic cell is highly complex. Ever since Robert Hooke discovered “cells” in 1665
when training his comparably primitive microscope on a sliver of cork, scientists have aimed …