2015
Noncoding RNA‐guided recruitment of transcription factors: A prevalent but undocumented mechanism?
Lee N, Steitz JA. Noncoding RNA‐guided recruitment of transcription factors: A prevalent but undocumented mechanism? BioEssays 2015, 37: 936-941. PMID: 26200477, PMCID: PMC4721591, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201500060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription factorsDomains of TFsCognate binding motifsDNA target sitesAssociated transcription factorsRNA-RNA interactionsTarget siteNascent transcriptsCell identityTarget lociCellular processesNoncoding RNAsBinding motifProper regulationViral genomeUndocumented mechanismGenomeDNAViral DNARNARecruitmentNcRNAsNcRNARNAsLoci
2014
The Noncoding RNA Revolution—Trashing Old Rules to Forge New Ones
Cech TR, Steitz JA. The Noncoding RNA Revolution—Trashing Old Rules to Forge New Ones. Cell 2014, 157: 77-94. PMID: 24679528, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiological functionsRNA-protein complexesLevel of transcriptionForeign nucleic acidsMost ncRNAsLong ncRNAsNcRNA researchRNA processingGenome rearrangementsNucleic acidsNoncoding RNAsGene expressionRNA structureNcRNAsBase pairingDNA synthesisRemarkable varietySnoRNPsRiboswitchGenomeSnRNPsRNAsRibosomesTranscriptionTelomerase
2006
The Challenge of Viral snRNPs
CONRAD NK, FOK V, CAZALLA D, BORAH S, STEITZ JA. The Challenge of Viral snRNPs. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia On Quantitative Biology 2006, 71: 377-384. PMID: 17381320, DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2006.71.057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNuclear noncoding RNAsHSURs 1Sarcoma-associated herpesvirusRibosomal protein L22Aggressive T-cell leukemiaT cell signalingViral gene expressionKaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirusHeterokaryon assayU RNADependent RNA degradationMammalian cellsNoncoding RNAsProtein L22Nuclear surveillanceRNA degradationHost mRNAsHost proteinsGene expressionMRNA transcriptsMutant virusHerpesvirus saimiriRNAImportant functionsRNAs
2001
HuR and mRNA stability
Brennan CM, Steitz* J. HuR and mRNA stability. Cellular And Molecular Life Sciences 2001, 58: 266-277. PMID: 11289308, PMCID: PMC11146503, DOI: 10.1007/pl00000854.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAU-rich elementsMessenger RNAsGene regulationMRNA decayPosttranscriptional gene regulationMRNA degradation pathwayDrosophila ELAVMammalian cellsHu familyHuR functionMRNA stabilityUntranslated regionStressed cellsProtein ligandsRole of HuRCultured cellsEnvironmental changesHuRDegradation pathwayRapid degradationImportant mechanismRegulationCellsELAVRNAs
1996
Length suppression in histone messenger RNA 3′-end maturation: Processing defects of insertion mutant premessenger RNAs can be compensated by insertions into the U7 small nuclear RNA
Scharl E, Steitz J. Length suppression in histone messenger RNA 3′-end maturation: Processing defects of insertion mutant premessenger RNAs can be compensated by insertions into the U7 small nuclear RNA. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1996, 93: 14659-14664. PMID: 8962110, PMCID: PMC26191, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.25.14659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistone downstream elementU7 RNAHistone messenger RNASmall nuclear RNARNA processing systemSmall ribonucleoproteinPremessenger RNANuclear RNAPre-mRNAU7 small nuclear RNADownstream elementsCleavage siteRNAMessenger RNAXenopus oocytesBase pairingProcessing defectsU7First demonstrationHistonesRNAsRibonucleoproteinInsertionMRNASites
1989
[32] Immunoprecipitation of ribonucleoproteins using autoantibodies
Steitz J. [32] Immunoprecipitation of ribonucleoproteins using autoantibodies. Methods In Enzymology 1989, 180: 468-481. PMID: 2693908, DOI: 10.1016/0076-6879(89)80118-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall ribonucleoproteinImmunoprecipitation procedureTissue culture cellsRNP complexesRNA degradationLaemmli gelsRibonucleoproteinCulture cellsImmunoprecipitationWestern blottingProteinMouse ascitesRNAsCell culture supernatantsCulture supernatantsPhosphoproteinMonoclonal antibodiesRNAImmunoprecipitatesTissueRibonuclease levelsHigh backgroundMouse monoclonal autoantibodyBlottingMonoclonal autoantibodies
1983
Genes for two small cytoplasmic Ro RNAs are adjacent and appear to be single-copy in the human genome
Wolin S, Steitz J. Genes for two small cytoplasmic Ro RNAs are adjacent and appear to be single-copy in the human genome. Cell 1983, 32: 735-744. PMID: 6187471, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(83)90059-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman genomeRo RNAsSecondary structure homologyRNA polymerase IIISmall cytoplasmic ribonucleoproteinsClass III genesGenomic clonesMammalian cellsPolymerase IIIRNA componentStructure homologySingle copyCytoplasmic ribonucleoproteinHY5 RNAMouse cellsHuman cellsHY1Cell extractsGenesRNAGenomeRNAsHY3CellsMY1