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 …

RNA splicing factors as oncoproteins and tumour suppressors

H Dvinge, E Kim, O Abdel-Wahab… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The recent genomic characterization of cancers has revealed recurrent somatic point
mutations and copy number changes affecting genes encoding RNA splicing factors. Initial …

Context-dependent control of alternative splicing by RNA-binding proteins

XD Fu, M Ares Jr - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Sequence-specific RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) bind to pre-mRNA to control alternative
splicing, but it is not yet possible to read the'splicing code'that dictates splicing regulation on …

Topology of the human and mouse m6A RNA methylomes revealed by m6A-seq

D Dominissini, S Moshitch-Moshkovitz, S Schwartz… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
An extensive repertoire of modifications is known to underlie the versatile coding, structural
and catalytic functions of RNA, but it remains largely uncharted territory. Although …

The alternative role of DNA methylation in splicing regulation

GL Maor, A Yearim, G Ast - Trends in Genetics, 2015 - cell.com
Although DNA methylation was originally thought to only affect transcription, emerging
evidence shows that it also regulates alternative splicing. Exons, and especially splice sites …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative splicing in the mammalian nervous system: recent insights into mechanisms and functional roles

B Raj, BJ Blencowe - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
High-throughput transcriptomic profiling approaches have revealed that alternative splicing
(AS) of precursor mRNAs, a fundamental process by which cells expand their transcriptomic …

Function of alternative splicing

O Kelemen, P Convertini, Z Zhang, Y Wen, M Shen… - Gene, 2013 - Elsevier
Almost all polymerase II transcripts undergo alternative pre-mRNA splicing. Here, we review
the functions of alternative splicing events that have been experimentally determined. The …

Regulation of alternative splicing through coupling with transcription and chromatin structure

S Naftelberg, IE Schor, G Ast… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Alternative precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing plays a pivotal role in the flow of
genetic information from DNA to proteins by expanding the coding capacity of genomes …

[HTML][HTML] Direct competition between hnRNP C and U2AF65 protects the transcriptome from the exonization of Alu elements

K Zarnack, J König, M Tajnik, I Martincorena… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
There are∼ 650,000 Alu elements in transcribed regions of the human genome. These
elements contain cryptic splice sites, so they are in constant danger of aberrant …

[HTML][HTML] Integrative genome-wide analysis reveals cooperative regulation of alternative splicing by hnRNP proteins

SC Huelga, AQ Vu, JD Arnold, TY Liang, PP Liu… - Cell reports, 2012 - cell.com
Understanding how RNA binding proteins control the splicing code is fundamental to human
biology and disease. Here, we present a comprehensive study to elucidate how …