2018
RPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus
Griffin JN, Sondalle SB, Robson A, Mis EK, Griffin G, Kulkarni SS, Deniz E, Baserga SJ, Khokha MK. RPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus. Development 2018, 145: dev166181. PMID: 30337486, PMCID: PMC6215398, DOI: 10.1242/dev.166181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA processingSmall ribosomal subunitCommon disease-associated mutationDisease-associated mutationsRpsA mRNARibosome biogenesisRibosome productionRibosome functionRibosomal subunitCandidate genesHuman mRNAsProtein componentsImpairs expressionSpleen developmentMolecular patterningRPSASpleen anlageMutationsXenopusGenesFirst animal modelUniversal requirementMRNA
2010
The Landscape of C. elegans 3′UTRs
Mangone M, Manoharan A, Thierry-Mieg D, Thierry-Mieg J, Han T, Mackowiak S, Mis E, Zegar C, Gutwein M, Khivansara V, Attie O, Chen K, Salehi-Ashtiani K, Vidal M, Harkins T, Bouffard P, Suzuki Y, Sugano S, Kohara Y, Rajewsky N, Piano F, Gunsalus K, Kim J. The Landscape of C. elegans 3′UTRs. Science 2010, 329: 432-435. PMID: 20522740, PMCID: PMC3142571, DOI: 10.1126/science.1191244.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsBinding SitesCaenorhabditis elegansComputational BiologyConserved SequenceDisorders of Sex DevelopmentGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene LibraryGenes, HelminthHelminth ProteinsHistonesMaleMicroRNAsOperonPoly APolyadenylationRNA, HelminthRNA, MessengerTrans-SplicingConceptsMetazoan messenger RNAsPolyadenylation signalComplementary DNAProtein-coding genesAmplification of complementary DNAMicroRNA target sitesVariant polyadenylation signalHistone genesGenome-widePolyadenylation sitesAlternative isoformsTrans-splicingGene modelsRNA-seqRegulatory elementsCaenorhabditis elegansLong 3'UTRUntranslated regionIsoform specificityPolyadenylationGenesMessenger RNATarget siteIsoformsAnimal age