Formation of chromatin subcompartments by phase separation

F Erdel, K Rippe - Biophysical journal, 2018 - cell.com
Chromatin is partitioned on multiple length scales into subcompartments that differ from
each other with respect to their molecular composition and biological function. It is a key …

A day in the life of the spliceosome

AG Matera, Z Wang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
One of the most amazing findings in molecular biology was the discovery that eukaryotic
genes are discontinuous, with coding DNA being interrupted by stretches of non-coding …

Dynamic imaging of RNA in living cells by CRISPR-Cas13 systems

LZ Yang, Y Wang, SQ Li, RW Yao, PF Luan, H Wu… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Visualizing the location and dynamics of RNAs in live cells is key to understanding their
function. Here, we identify two endonuclease-deficient, single-component programmable …

Phase transitions in the assembly of multivalent signalling proteins

P Li, S Banjade, HC Cheng, S Kim, B Chen, L Guo… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Cells are organized on length scales ranging from ångström to micrometres. However, the
mechanisms by which ångström-scale molecular properties are translated to micrometre …

The nuclear-retained noncoding RNA MALAT1 regulates alternative splicing by modulating SR splicing factor phosphorylation

V Tripathi, JD Ellis, Z Shen, DY Song, Q Pan, AT Watt… - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
Alternative splicing (AS) of pre-mRNA is utilized by higher eukaryotes to achieve increased
transcriptome and proteomic complexity. The serine/arginine (SR) splicing factors regulate …

Short linear motifs: ubiquitous and functionally diverse protein interaction modules directing cell regulation

K Van Roey, B Uyar, RJ Weatheritt, H Dinkel… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The eukaryotic cell is a bustling collection of macromolecules acting cooperatively to
mediate the functions required for cell viability. Specific, context-dependent and tightly …

Biogenesis and function of nuclear bodies

YS Mao, B Zhang, DL Spector - Trends in Genetics, 2011 - cell.com
Nuclear bodies including nucleoli, Cajal bodies, nuclear speckles, Polycomb bodies, and
paraspeckles are membraneless subnuclear organelles. They are present at steady-state …

Direct visualization of the co-transcriptional assembly of a nuclear body by noncoding RNAs

YS Mao, H Sunwoo, B Zhang, DL Spector - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The cell nucleus is a highly compartmentalized organelle harbouring a variety of dynamic
membraneless nuclear bodies,,,. How these subnuclear domains are established and …

Nucleation of nuclear bodies by RNA

SP Shevtsov, M Dundr - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The biogenesis of the many functional compartments contained in the mammalian cell
nucleus is poorly understood. More specifically, little is known regarding the initial …

Immobilization of proteins in the nucleolus by ribosomal intergenic spacer noncoding RNA

TE Audas, MD Jacob, S Lee - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Cellular pathways are established and maintained by stochastic interactions of highly
mobile molecules. The nucleolus plays a central role in the regulation of these molecular …