2023
Splicing under stress: A matter of time and place
Podszywalow-Bartnicka P, Neugebauer K. Splicing under stress: A matter of time and place. Journal Of Cell Biology 2023, 222: e202311014. PMID: 37988026, PMCID: PMC10660129, DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202311014.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Splicing of Nascent RNA Coincides with Intron Exit from RNA Polymerase II
Oesterreich F, Herzel L, Straube K, Hujer K, Howard J, Neugebauer KM. Splicing of Nascent RNA Coincides with Intron Exit from RNA Polymerase II. Cell 2016, 165: 372-381. PMID: 27020755, PMCID: PMC4826323, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA polymerase IIPolymerase IIPol IIProtein-coding genesPol II progressionRNA sequencing methodsGene expression pathwaysRate of transcriptionEndogenous genesSplicing catalysisSplicing profilesSpliceosome assemblyExpression pathwaysSpliced productsGene expressionIntronsSplicingSequencing methodsMechanistic insightsGenesRegulationKinetic competitionEukaryotesSpliceosomeTranscription
2014
Introns and gene expression: Cellular constraints, transcriptional regulation, and evolutionary consequences
Heyn P, Kalinka AT, Tomancak P, Neugebauer KM. Introns and gene expression: Cellular constraints, transcriptional regulation, and evolutionary consequences. BioEssays 2014, 37: 148-154. PMID: 25400101, PMCID: PMC4654234, DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort genesCellular constraintsImportant regulatory playersRNA polymerase IICell cycle constraintsLength of exonsNumber of transcriptsShorter cell cycleEvolutionary consequencesPolymerase IITranscriptional regulationAnimal ontogenyLong genesRegulatory playersTranscript productionDifferent genesGene expressionExpression profilesCell cycleEfficient expressionIntronsGenesCell typesTiming mechanismTranscripts
2011
Pause locally, splice globally
Oesterreich F, Bieberstein N, Neugebauer KM. Pause locally, splice globally. Trends In Cell Biology 2011, 21: 328-335. PMID: 21530266, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.03.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA polymerase II elongation rateContext of chromatinProtein-coding transcriptsRNA polymerase IIPre-mRNA splicingTranscript bodyTranscriptional pausingHistone modificationsPolymerase IIIntron removalSplicingTranscriptionElongation rateGenesTranscriptsRecent evidenceChromatinIntronsPausingElongationRegulatorLocal regulationRegulationRecruitment