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ReviewRNA biology2014

Small regulatory RNAs in Archaea.

Julia Babski, Lisa-Katharina Maier, Ruth Heyer, Katharina Jaschinski, Daniela Prasse, Dominik Jäger, Lennart Randau, Ruth A Schmitz, Anita Marchfelder, Jörg Soppa

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Review in RNA biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Roles and regulation of tRNA-derived small RNAs in animals.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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  12. Biocomputational Identification of sRNAs inIndian journal of microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Julia BabskiInstitute for Molecular Biosciences; Biocentre; Goethe University; Frankfurt, Germany.
Lisa-Katharina MaierBiology II; Ulm University; Ulm, Germany.
Ruth HeyerBiology II; Ulm University; Ulm, Germany.
Katharina JaschinskiInstitute for Molecular Biosciences; Biocentre; Goethe University; Frankfurt, Germany.
Daniela PrasseInstitute for Microbiology; Christian-Albrechts-University; Kiel, Germany.
Dominik JägerInstitute for Microbiology; Christian-Albrechts-University; Kiel, Germany.
Lennart RandauProkaryotic Small RNA Biology Group; Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology; Marburg, Germany.
Ruth A SchmitzInstitute for Microbiology; Christian-Albrechts-University; Kiel, Germany.
Anita MarchfelderBiology II; Ulm University; Ulm, Germany.
Jörg SoppaInstitute for Molecular Biosciences; Biocentre; Goethe University; Frankfurt, Germany.
Institute of Microbiology · CNGoethe Institute · GBUniversität Ulm · DEInstitute for Marine Biosciences · CAMax Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology · DETechnische Hochschule Ulm · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) are universally distributed in all three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes. In bacteria, sRNAs typically function by binding near the translation start site of their target mRNAs and thereby inhibit or activate translation. In eukaryotes, miRNAs and siRNAs typically bind to the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of their target mRNAs and influence translation efficiency and/or mRNA stability. In archaea, sRNAs have been identified in all species investigated using bioinformatic approaches, RNomics, and RNA-Seq. Their size can vary significantly between less than 50 to more than 500 nucleotides. Differential expression of sRNA genes has been studied using northern blot analysis, microarrays, and RNA-Seq. In addition, biological functions have been unraveled by genetic approaches, i.e., by characterization of designed mutants. As in bacteria, it was revealed that archaeal sRNAs are involved in many biological processes, including metabolic regulation, adaptation to extreme conditions, stress responses, and even in regulation of morphology and cellular behavior. Recently, the first target mRNAs were identified in archaea, including one sRNA that binds to the 5'-region of two mRNAs in Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 and a few sRNAs that bind to 3'-UTRs in Sulfolobus solfataricus, three Pyrobaculum species, and Haloferax volcanii, indicating that archaeal sRNAs appear to be able to target both the 5'-UTR or the 3'-UTRs of their respective target mRNAs. In addition, archaea contain tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs), and one tRF has been identified as a major ribosome-binding sRNA in H. volcanii, which downregulates translation in response to stress. Besides regulatory sRNAs, archaea contain further classes of sRNAs, e.g., CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs) and snoRNAs.

Indexed as

ArchaeaBase PairingClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, ArchaealGenomicsRNA, AntisenseRNA, ArchaealRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferRNA, AntisenseRNA, ArchaealRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferarchaeaHaloferax volcaniiMethanosarcina mazeiNanoarchaeum equitanssmall regulatory RNAsSulfolobus solfataricustranslationtRNA-derived fragments

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PMID24755959
PMCPMC4152357
OpenAlexW2091040559

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