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ArticleNature biotechnology2021

Determination of isoform-specific RNA structure with nanopore long reads.

Jong Ghut Ashley Aw, Shaun W Lim, Jia Xu Wang, Finnlay R P Lambert, Wen Ting Tan, Yang Shen, Yu Zhang, Pornchai Kaewsapsak, Chenhao Li, Sarah B Ng and 4 more

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 63 papers.

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63citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jong Ghut Ashley Aw *Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1969-0630
Shaun W Lim *Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Jia Xu Wang *Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-8230
Finnlay R P LambertStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Wen Ting TanStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Yang ShenComputational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Yu ZhangStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1567-289X
Pornchai KaewsapsakStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Chenhao LiComputational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1182-6804
Sarah B NgGenome Technologies Platform, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Leah A VardySkin Research Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Immunos, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4186-684X
Meng How TanStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore.
Niranjan NagarajanComputational and Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore. nagarajann@gis.a-star.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0850-5604
Yue WanStem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore. wany@gis.a-star.edu.sg.
Agency for Science, Technology and Research · SGNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current methods for determining RNA structure with short-read sequencing cannot capture most differences between distinct transcript isoforms. Here we present RNA structure analysis using nanopore sequencing (PORE-cupine), which combines structure probing using chemical modifications with direct long-read RNA sequencing and machine learning to detect secondary structures in cellular RNAs. PORE-cupine also captures global structural features, such as RNA-binding-protein binding sites and reactivity differences at single-nucleotide variants. We show that shared sequences in different transcript isoforms of the same gene can fold into different structures, highlighting the importance of long-read sequencing for obtaining phase information. We also demonstrate that structural differences between transcript isoforms of the same gene lead to differences in translation efficiency. By revealing isoform-specific RNA structure, PORE-cupine will deepen understanding of the role of structures in controlling gene regulation.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationHuman Embryonic Stem CellsHumansIsomerismNanopore SequencingRNASequence Analysis, RNATetrahymenaTranscriptomeRNA

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PMID33106685
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