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ArticleJournal of molecular biology and molecular imaging

Transfer RNA as a source of small functional RNA.

Megumi Shigematsu, Shozo Honda, Yohei Kirino

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Article in Journal of molecular biology and molecular imaging. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Megumi Shigematsu
Shozo Honda
Yohei Kirino

Funding

piRNA biogenesis ruled by PIWI-TUDOR interactionR01GM106047 · NIGMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI KIRINO, YOHEI · 2013 to 2022
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM106047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since their discovery in the 1950s, transfer RNAs (tRNAs) have been best known as adapter molecules that play a central role in translating genetic information. However, recent biochemical and bioinformatic evidence has led to a previously unexpected conceptual consensus that tRNAs are not always end products; they further serve as a source of small functional RNAs. In many organisms, specific tRNA fragments are produced from mature tRNAs or their precursor transcripts not as random degradation products, but as functional molecules involved in many biological processes beyond translation. In this review, we summarize recent studies of tRNA fragments that have provided new insights into tRNA biology by examining the molecular functions of tRNA fragments and proteins with which they interact.

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Identifiers

PMID26389128
PMCPMC4572697
OpenAlexW2461322896

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