2016
Hoogsteen-position pyrimidines promote the stability and function of the MALAT1 RNA triple helix
Brown JA, Kinzig CG, DeGregorio SJ, Steitz JA. Hoogsteen-position pyrimidines promote the stability and function of the MALAT1 RNA triple helix. RNA 2016, 22: 743-749. PMID: 26952103, PMCID: PMC4836648, DOI: 10.1261/rna.055707.115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectrophoretic mobility shift assaysRNA triple helicesBase triplesMetastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1RNA stability elementMobility shift assaysTriple helixHuman metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Small molecule bindingU base triplesNucleotide compositionCellular functionsTriple-helical stabilityShift assaysLung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Stability elementEMSA resultsBiological significanceMolecule bindingRNA catalysisHelixTranscript 1Triple helix stabilityC tripleReporter
2012
Formation of triple-helical structures by the 3′-end sequences of MALAT1 and MENβ noncoding RNAs
Brown JA, Valenstein ML, Yario TA, Tycowski KT, Steitz JA. Formation of triple-helical structures by the 3′-end sequences of MALAT1 and MENβ noncoding RNAs. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 19202-19207. PMID: 23129630, PMCID: PMC3511071, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217338109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRich internal loopMetastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1Rich tractSarcoma-associated herpesvirusDuplex-triplex junctionsTriple helical structureCellular noncoding RNAsNuclear retention elementBase triplesInternal loopKaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirusU base triplesPAN RNATriple helixNoncoding RNAsNuclear RNAThermal denaturation profilesReporter RNALung adenocarcinoma transcript 1C nucleotidesC base pairsMolecular mechanismsUnpaired nucleotidesBase pairsRNA