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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

Multiple covalent fluorescence labeling of eukaryotic mRNA at the poly(A) tail enhances translation and can be performed in living cells.

Lea Anhäuser, Sabine Hüwel, Thomas Zobel, Andrea Rentmeister

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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 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lea AnhäuserInstitute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Sabine HüwelInstitute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Thomas ZobelCells-in-Motion Cluster of Excellence (EXC1003-CiM), University of Münster, Germany.
Andrea RentmeisterInstitute of Biochemistry, University of Münster, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany.
University of Münster · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression occurs by multiple mechanisms, including subcellular localization of mRNA and alteration of the poly(A) tail length. These mechanisms play crucial roles in the dynamics of cell polarization and embryonic development. Furthermore, mRNAs are emerging therapeutics and chemical alterations to increase their translational efficiency are highly sought after. We show that yeast poly(A) polymerase can be used to install multiple azido-modified adenosine nucleotides to luciferase and eGFP-mRNAs. These mRNAs can be efficiently reacted in a bioorthogonal click reaction with fluorescent reporters without degradation and without sequence alterations in their coding or untranslated regions. Importantly, the modifications in the poly(A) tail impact positively on the translational efficiency of reporter-mRNAs in vitro and in cells. Therefore, covalent fluorescent labeling at the poly(A) tail presents a new way to increase the amount of reporter protein from exogenous mRNA and to label genetically unaltered and translationally active mRNAs.

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Cell SurvivalFluorescenceProtein BiosynthesisAdenosine TriphosphateHeLa CellsHumansPoly ARNA, MessengerStaining and LabelingAdenosine TriphosphatePoly ARNA, Messenger

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PMID30726958
PMCPMC6468298
OpenAlexW2912822190

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