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STL-seq reveals pause-release and termination kinetics for promoter-proximal paused RNA polymerase II transcripts
Zimmer JT, Rosa-Mercado NA, Canzio D, Steitz JA, Simon MD. STL-seq reveals pause-release and termination kinetics for promoter-proximal paused RNA polymerase II transcripts. Molecular Cell 2021, 81: 4398-4412.e7. PMID: 34520723, PMCID: PMC9020433, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPause releaseRNA polymerase II transcriptsRNA polymerase II moleculesCis-acting DNA elementsTATA box-containing promotersPolymerase II transcriptsPromoter-proximal pausingCritical regulatory functionsTranscriptional regulationRNA turnoverTranscriptional controlDNA elementsTranscriptional shutdownPause sitesHyperosmotic stressRegulatory mechanismsRegulatory functionsPrinciples of regulationHormonal stimuliPausingPremature terminationTranscriptsRegulation
2023
bakR: uncovering differential RNA synthesis and degradation kinetics transcriptome-wide with Bayesian hierarchical modeling
Vock I, Simon M. bakR: uncovering differential RNA synthesis and degradation kinetics transcriptome-wide with Bayesian hierarchical modeling. RNA 2023, 29: 958-976. PMID: 37028916, PMCID: PMC10275263, DOI: 10.1261/rna.079451.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBayes TheoremGene Expression ProfilingKineticsRNASequence Analysis, RNASoftwareTranscriptomeConceptsBayesian hierarchical modelingAdvanced statistical modelsHierarchical modelingDifferential expression analysisStatistical modelBayesian analysisRNA synthesisExpression analysisStatistical rigorData setsR packageRNA sequencing dataCellular RNA levelsMethods addressStatistical powerKinetics of RNAImproved analysisSequencing dataModel outperformsUser-friendly softwareModelingSetRNA levelsModelDifferential kinetics
2015
Tracking Distinct RNA Populations Using Efficient and Reversible Covalent Chemistry
Duffy EE, Rutenberg-Schoenberg M, Stark CD, Kitchen RR, Gerstein MB, Simon MD. Tracking Distinct RNA Populations Using Efficient and Reversible Covalent Chemistry. Molecular Cell 2015, 59: 858-866. PMID: 26340425, PMCID: PMC4560836, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.07.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDynamic transcriptome analysisReversible covalent chemistryGlobal miRNA levelsMiRNA processing machineryTissue-specific transcriptionCovalent chemistryCultured human cellsChemical methodsImproved chemistryRNA turnoverRNA populationsTranscriptome analysisMethanethiosulfonate reagentsProcessing machineryHuman cellsHPDP-biotinHigh yieldsDisulfide bondsChemistryMiRNA levelsRNADifferent populationsTurnoverBondsReagents