2021
Discovery of highly reactive self-splicing group II introns within the mitochondrial genomes of human pathogenic fungi
Liu T, Pyle AM. Discovery of highly reactive self-splicing group II introns within the mitochondrial genomes of human pathogenic fungi. Nucleic Acids Research 2021, 49: 12422-12432. PMID: 34850132, PMCID: PMC8643640, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup II intronsSelf-splicing group II intronsPathogenic fungiDrug targetsAntifungal drug targetsSelf-splicing intronsHuman pathogenic fungiMitochondrial genomeNear-physiological conditionsPromising drug targetProtein cofactorsStriking diversitySequence dataIntronsFungal pathogensInformatics searchBioinformatics workflowsFungiDimorphic fungusStructural signaturesPathogensGenomeCofactorDiversityTarget
2020
Sequencing and Structure Probing of Long RNAs Using MarathonRT: A Next-Generation Reverse Transcriptase
Guo LT, Adams RL, Wan H, Huston NC, Potapova O, Olson S, Gallardo CM, Graveley BR, Torbett BE, Pyle AM. Sequencing and Structure Probing of Long RNAs Using MarathonRT: A Next-Generation Reverse Transcriptase. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2020, 432: 3338-3352. PMID: 32259542, PMCID: PMC7556701, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.03.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong RNA moleculesLong RNAsRNA moleculesRNA base modificationsGroup II intronsMutational profilingTranscriptome compositionRNA metabolismRNA researchBase modificationsPrimer extensionTool enzymeDiverse aspectsMixed populationEnzymeReverse transcriptionRNAStructural complexityReverse transcriptaseProfilingTranscriptase enzymeIntronsTranscription