2018
Carbodiimide reagents for the chemical probing of RNA structure in cells
Wang PY, Sexton AN, Culligan WJ, Simon MD. Carbodiimide reagents for the chemical probing of RNA structure in cells. RNA 2018, 25: 135-146. PMID: 30389828, PMCID: PMC6298570, DOI: 10.1261/rna.067561.118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConformation of RNAU nucleotidesIntact cellsChemical probesDimethyl sulfateNucleotides of RNASingle-stranded nucleotidesXist lncRNACellular contextNoncoding RNAsRNA elementsSHAPE reagentsAccessible nucleotidesRNA conformationRNA structureBiological contextChemical probingWatson-Crick faceCellular environmentFunctional roleCarbodiimide reagentRNA nucleotidesRNANucleotidesStructured regions
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