2021
Who let the DoGs out? – biogenesis of stress-induced readthrough transcripts
Rosa-Mercado NA, Steitz JA. Who let the DoGs out? – biogenesis of stress-induced readthrough transcripts. Trends In Biochemical Sciences 2021, 47: 206-217. PMID: 34489151, PMCID: PMC8840951, DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2021.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular stress responseHuman protein-coding genesStress responseProtein-coding genesDoG inductionNascent mRNAReadthrough transcriptionTranscriptional landscapeDifferent stress conditionsReadthrough transcriptsStress conditionsViral proteinsBiogenesisStress removalGenesTranscriptsCell exposureProduction playTranscriptionRNAProteinMRNAHostProductionHallmark
2018
Caution needs to be taken when assigning transcription start sites to ends of protein-coding genes: a rebuttal
Sabath N, Vilborg A, Steitz JA, Shalgi R. Caution needs to be taken when assigning transcription start sites to ends of protein-coding genes: a rebuttal. Human Genomics 2018, 12: 32. PMID: 29945683, PMCID: PMC6020437, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-018-0164-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription start siteTranscriptional readthroughStart siteOsmotic stressProtein-coding genesGenome-wide comparisonEnd of genesStress-mediated inductionMammalian stress responseNIH3T3 mouse cellsDe novo initiationTranscription initiationGene endMammalian cellsLong transcriptsNIH3T3 cellsMouse cellsSimilar transcriptsStress responseTSS-seqHuman cellsReadthroughNovo initiationDramatic inductionStress conditions
2015
Herpesvirus saimiri MicroRNAs Preferentially Target Host Cell Cycle Regulators
Guo YE, Oei T, Steitz JA. Herpesvirus saimiri MicroRNAs Preferentially Target Host Cell Cycle Regulators. Journal Of Virology 2015, 89: 10901-10911. PMID: 26292323, PMCID: PMC4621106, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01884-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesBlotting, WesternCallithrixCDC2 Protein KinaseCell Cycle ProteinsEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPHeat-Shock ProteinsHEK293 CellsHerpesvirus 2, SaimiriineHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansImmunoprecipitationLuciferasesMicroRNAsPhosphorylationRNA, MessengerT-LymphocytesConceptsHost cell cycle regulatorsViral miRNAsCell cycle regulatorsHerpesvirus saimiriMRNA targetsCycle regulatorsProtein-coding genesPre-miRNA hairpinsCross-linking immunoprecipitationGene ontology analysisHigh-throughput sequencingOpen reading frameOncogenic Herpesvirus saimiriCyclin-dependent kinasesP300 transcriptional coactivatorCell cycle progressionKey negative regulatorMarmoset T cellsHITS-CLIPRepresses expressionOntology analysisTranscriptional coactivatorViral life cyclePrimary transcriptCellular transformationWidespread Inducible Transcription Downstream of Human Genes
Vilborg A, Passarelli MC, Yario TA, Tycowski KT, Steitz JA. Widespread Inducible Transcription Downstream of Human Genes. Molecular Cell 2015, 59: 449-461. PMID: 26190259, PMCID: PMC4530028, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOsmotic stressLong non-coding regionsDownstream of genesProtein-coding genesNon-coding regionsPervasive transcriptionHuman cell linesTranscription downstreamHuman genomeHuman genesTranscript inductionRNA-seqPolyA signalUpstream transcriptsUndescribed mechanismGenesCell linesTranscriptionTranscript typeActive regulationTranscriptsDetailed mechanistic studiesRNADownstreamMechanistic studies
2009
Nuclear networking fashions pre-messenger RNA and primary microRNA transcripts for function
Pawlicki JM, Steitz JA. Nuclear networking fashions pre-messenger RNA and primary microRNA transcripts for function. Trends In Cell Biology 2009, 20: 52-61. PMID: 20004579, PMCID: PMC2821161, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.10.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMature messenger RNAGene expressionRNA polymerase II transcriptsProtein-coding genesPolymerase II transcriptsRNA polymerase IIMessenger RNAPre-messenger RNARNA processing reactionsCotranscriptional eventsPolymerase IIProcessing eventsProcessing reactionsExtensive molecular interactionsEarly stepsTranscriptsRNAExquisite couplingMolecular interactionsMicroRNAsExpressionNuclear networkCrucial roleFinal fateSplicing
2002
The splicing of U12‐type introns can be a rate‐limiting step in gene expression
Patel AA, McCarthy M, Steitz JA. The splicing of U12‐type introns can be a rate‐limiting step in gene expression. The EMBO Journal 2002, 21: 3804-3815. PMID: 12110592, PMCID: PMC126102, DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU12-type intronsGene expressionDrosophila melanogaster S2 cellsProtein-coding genesU12-type spliceosomePost-transcriptional regulationHuman tissue culture cellsU2-type intronsMetazoan genomesTissue culture cellsS2 cellsU12-typeIntron removalIdentical mRNAIntronsFluorescent proteinQuantitative RT-PCR assayMinigene constructsCulture cellsRate-limiting stepSpliceosomeMRNAMinor classExpressionRT-PCR assays
1996
A mammalian gene with introns instead of exons generating stable RNA products
Tycowski K, Shu M, Steitz J. A mammalian gene with introns instead of exons generating stable RNA products. Nature 1996, 379: 464-466. PMID: 8559254, DOI: 10.1038/379464a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-coding genesRibosomal subunit assemblyRibosomal RNA transcriptionSmall nucleolar RNAsMammalian genesSnoRNA genesEukaryotic cellsProtein codingMature rRNANucleolar RNAsHost genesSubunit assemblyDifferent intronsRNA transcriptionRNA productsExtensive complementarityIntronsGenesSnoRNAsExonsRNARRNATranscriptionPolysomesMaturation1