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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2020

Mechanisms and Regulation of RNA Condensation in RNP Granule Formation.

Devin Tauber, Gabriel Tauber, Roy Parker

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. Histone Demethylase UTX Suppresses Tumor Cell Proliferation by Regulating Stress Granules.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Devin TauberDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80308, USA.
Gabriel TauberDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Roy ParkerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80308, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80308, USA. Electronic address: roy.parker@colorado.edu.

Funding

TRAINING IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION &CELL CYCLE REGULATIONT32GM008759 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI AHN, NATALIE G. · 2000 to 2020
$5.9M
Predoctoral Training Program in Signaling and Cellular Regulation INCLUDE Down Syndrome SupplementT32GM142607 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Sabrina Leigh Spencer, Tin Tin Su · 2021 to 2026
$3.6M
Stress Granules in Yeast and MammalsR01GM045443 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI PARKER, ROY · 1991 to 2021
$3.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM045443NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008759NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are RNA-protein assemblies that are involved in multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and are linked to memory, development, and disease. Some RNP granules form, in part, through the formation of intermolecular RNA-RNA interactions. In vitro, such trans RNA condensation occurs readily, suggesting that cells require mechanisms to modulate RNA-based condensation. We assess the mechanisms of RNA condensation and how cells modulate this phenomenon. We propose that cells control RNA condensation through ATP-dependent processes, static RNA buffering, and dynamic post-translational mechanisms. Moreover, perturbations in these mechanisms can be involved in disease. This reveals multiple cellular mechanisms of kinetic and thermodynamic control that maintain the proper distribution of RNA molecules between dispersed and condensed forms.

Indexed as

Cytoplasmic GranulesRNAOrganellesProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRibonucleoproteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNAbiomolecular condensateDEAD-box proteinP-bodyribonucleoprotein granuleRNA-binding proteinRNA chaperoneRNA–RNA interactionstress granule

Identifiers

PMID32475683
PMCPMC7211619

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