Gomafu (also referred to as RNCR2/MIAT) was originally identified as a noncoding RNA expressed in a particular set of neurons. Unlike protein-coding mRNAs, the Gomafu RNA escapes nuclear export and stably accumulates in the nucleus, making a uniqu...
Rei Yoshimoto   Naoyuki Kataoka   Katsuya Okawa   Mutsuhito Ohno   
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 37(3) 891-902 2009年2月 [査読有り]
Pre-mRNA splicing occurs in a large complex spliceosome. The steps of both spliceosome assembly and splicing reaction have been extensively analyzed, and many of the factors involved have been identified. However, the post-splicing intron turnover...
A previously mysterious small RNA molecule in mice is found to play a crucial role in gene expression, and may be the first identified member of a new class of regulatory RNAs.
Specialized enzymes add methyl groups to the nitrogens of the amino acid histidine, altering the chemical properties of its imidazole ring and, in turn, the function of the modified (poly)peptide. In this issue of Genes & Development, Shimazu and ...