2017
Settling the m6A debate: methylation of mature mRNA is not dynamic but accelerates turnover
Rosa-Mercado NA, Withers JB, Steitz JA. Settling the m6A debate: methylation of mature mRNA is not dynamic but accelerates turnover. Genes & Development 2017, 31: 957-958. PMID: 28637691, PMCID: PMC5495124, DOI: 10.1101/gad.302695.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-mRNA splicing eventsPost-transcriptional modificationsMRNA biogenesisDifferent subcellular fractionsMRNA biologySplicing eventsMature mRNABiochemical approachesRNA transcriptsPivotal regulatorMethylation levelsHeLa cellsSubcellular fractionsRNA nucleosidesMethylationTranscriptsBiogenesisChromatinSplicingMethyladenosineExonsGenesRNABiologyRegulator
1988
Trans splicing involves a novel form of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles
Bruzik J, Doren K, Hirsh D, Steitz J. Trans splicing involves a novel form of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles. Nature 1988, 335: 559-562. PMID: 2971142, DOI: 10.1038/335559a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall nuclear ribonucleoproteinSL RNACis splicingSplice siteNuclear ribonucleoproteinPrecursor-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) transcriptsHeLa cell nuclear extractsSame nuclear compartmentTrans-splicing reactionCell nuclear extractsPossible secondary structuresMessenger RNA transcriptsSm snRNPSplice acceptor siteTrans splicingCellular machineryLeader transcriptNuclear compartmentNucleotide sequenceSplicing processRNA transcriptsNuclear extractsSnRNPSplicingSecondary structure
1982
Precursor molecules of both human 5S ribosomal RNA and transfer RNAs are bound by a cellular protein reactive with anti-La Lupus antibodies
Rinke J, Steitz J. Precursor molecules of both human 5S ribosomal RNA and transfer RNAs are bound by a cellular protein reactive with anti-La Lupus antibodies. Cell 1982, 29: 149-159. PMID: 7105180, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90099-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRRNA moleculesLa proteinLa RNAsPrecursor formNuclear transcription systemUninfected mammalian cellsPulse-chase experimentsSmall RNAsSmall ribonucleoproteinPrecursor moleculesTransfer RNAMammalian cellsRibosomal RNATRNA precursorsCertain tRNAsSpecific tRNAsRNA transcriptsTranscription systemU residuesCell extractsMature sizeHeLa cellsRNAEssential roleProtein