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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

Detection of RNA-DNA binding sites in long noncoding RNAs.

Chao-Chung Kuo, Sonja Hänzelmann, Nevcin Sentürk Cetin, Stefan Frank, Barna Zajzon, Jens-Peter Derks, Vijay Suresh Akhade, Gaurav Ahuja, Chandrasekhar Kanduri, Ingrid Grummt and 2 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Chao-Chung KuoInstitute for Computational Genomics, Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine, RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty, Aachen 52074, Germany.
Sonja HänzelmannInstitute for Computational Genomics, Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine, RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty, Aachen 52074, Germany.
Nevcin Sentürk CetinDivision of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
Stefan FrankCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
Barna ZajzonInstitute for Computational Genomics, Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine, RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty, Aachen 52074, Germany.
Jens-Peter DerksCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
Vijay Suresh AkhadeDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden.
Gaurav AhujaCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
Chandrasekhar KanduriDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg 40530, Sweden.
Ingrid GrummtDivision of Molecular Biology of the Cell II, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
Leo KurianCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne 50923, Germany.
Ivan G CostaInstitute for Computational Genomics, Joint Research Center for Computational Biomedicine, RWTH Aachen Medical Faculty, Aachen 52074, Germany.
University of Cologne · DERWTH Aachen University · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity of Gothenburg · SEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can act as scaffolds that promote the interaction of proteins, RNA, and DNA. There is increasing evidence of sequence-specific interactions of lncRNAs with DNA via triple-helix (triplex) formation. This process allows lncRNAs to recruit protein complexes to specific genomic regions and regulate gene expression. Here we propose a computational method called Triplex Domain Finder (TDF) to detect triplexes and characterize DNA-binding domains and DNA targets statistically. Case studies showed that this approach can detect the known domains of lncRNAs Fendrr, HOTAIR and MEG3. Moreover, we validated a novel DNA-binding domain in MEG3 by a genome-wide sequencing method. We used TDF to perform a systematic analysis of the triplex-forming potential of lncRNAs relevant to human cardiac differentiation. We demonstrated that the lncRNA with the highest triplex-forming potential, GATA6-AS, forms triple helices in the promoter of genes relevant to cardiac development. Moreover, down-regulation of GATA6-AS impairs GATA6 expression and cardiac development. These data indicate the unique ability of our computational tool to identify novel triplex-forming lncRNAs and their target genes.

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AlgorithmsBase SequenceBinding SitesComputational BiologyDNAGene ExpressionHumansNucleic Acid ConformationProtein BindingRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription FactorsDNAHOTAIR long untranslated RNA, humanRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription Factors

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PMID30698727
PMCPMC6451187
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