2022
N 6-methyladenosine enhances post-transcriptional gene regulation by microRNAs
Kanoria S, Rennie WA, Carmack CS, Lu J, Ding Y. N 6-methyladenosine enhances post-transcriptional gene regulation by microRNAs. Bioinformatics Advances 2022, 2: vbab046. PMID: 35098135, PMCID: PMC8792947, DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbab046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPost-transcriptional gene regulationMiRNA-binding sitesGene regulationMiRNA-mediated gene regulationEukaryotic messenger RNAsMiRNA-mediated regulationMiRNA-target bindingRNA-binding proteinMiRNA target sitesPost-transcriptional regulatorsPotential methylation sitesHigh GC contentHigh-throughput dataArgonaute proteinsEvolutionary conservationPrevalent modificationTarget mRNAsGC contentMethylation sitesTarget secondary structureGene expressionRNA structureSecondary structureMessenger RNAFunctional significance
2016
STarMir Tools for Prediction of microRNA Binding Sites
Kanoria S, Rennie W, Liu C, Carmack CS, Lu J, Ding Y. STarMir Tools for Prediction of microRNA Binding Sites. Methods In Molecular Biology 2016, 1490: 73-82. PMID: 27665594, PMCID: PMC5353976, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6433-8_6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNAEndogenous short noncoding RNAsGene expressionMammalian biological processesHigh-throughput miRNATarget messenger RNAsShort noncoding RNAsMicroRNA Binding SitesCertain human diseasesCross-species validationTranslational repressionMiRNA functionGene regulationSeedless sitesMRNA degradationNoncoding RNAsRegulatory moleculesBiological processesSequence featuresHuman diseasesImmunoprecipitation studiesMiRNAComputational predictionsBinding sitesMiRNAs
2014
Effects of genetic variations on microRNA: target interactions
Liu C, Rennie WA, Carmack CS, Kanoria S, Cheng J, Lu J, Ding Y. Effects of genetic variations on microRNA: target interactions. Nucleic Acids Research 2014, 42: 9543-9552. PMID: 25081214, PMCID: PMC4150780, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA binding sitesGenetic variationGene regulationGenetic variantsMiRNA-mediated gene regulationBinding sitesModulation of miRNAPotential of miRNARare variantsLow mutation frequencyFlanking regionsHuman diseasesVariant densityStructural accessibilityMiRNACommon variantsMutation frequencyMicroRNAsTarget interactionsRegulationStructure alterationsVariantsNew associationsTranscriptomeSites
2005
Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in human promoters and 3′ UTRs by comparison of several mammals
Xie X, Lu J, Kulbokas EJ, Golub TR, Mootha V, Lindblad-Toh K, Lander ES, Kellis M. Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in human promoters and 3′ UTRs by comparison of several mammals. Nature 2005, 434: 338-345. PMID: 15735639, PMCID: PMC2923337, DOI: 10.1038/nature03441.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA genesRegulatory motifsNew miRNA genesHuman miRNA genesPost-transcriptional regulationCommon regulatory motifsLikely target genesMammalian genomesDog genomeGene regulationPromoter analysisHuman genomeHuman genesHuman promotersTarget genesUntranslated regionSystematic discoveryGenomeComprehensive identificationGenesNew motifMotifCandidate motifsFunctional elementsPromoter