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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2024

The role of secondary structures in the functioning of 3' untranslated regions of mRNA: A review of functions of 3' UTRs' secondary structures and hypothetical involvement of secondary structures in cytoplasmic polyadenylation in Drosophila.

Mariya Zhukova, Paul Schedl, Yulii V Shidlovskii

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mariya ZhukovaLaboratory of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-4996-4500
Paul SchedlLaboratory of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-5704-2349
Yulii V ShidlovskiiLaboratory of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-3643-9889
Institute of Gene Biology · RUPrinceton University · USSechenov University · RU

Funding

Sex Determination in DrosphiliaR01GM025976 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHEDL, PAUL D · 1985 to 2007
$3.2M
Genetic regulatory mechanism in development and differentiationR35GM126975 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHEDL, PAUL D · 2018 to 2022
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM025976NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126975NIH HHS 2R35GM12695
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

3' untranslated regions (3' UTRs) of mRNAs have many functions, including mRNA processing and transport, translational regulation, and mRNA degradation and stability. These different functions require cis-elements in 3' UTRs that can be either sequence motifs or RNA structures. Here we review the role of secondary structures in the functioning of 3' UTRs and discuss some of the trans-acting factors that interact with these secondary structures in eukaryotic organisms. We propose potential participation of 3'-UTR secondary structures in cytoplasmic polyadenylation in the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Because the secondary structures of 3' UTRs are essential for post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, their disruption leads to a wide range of disorders, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Trans-acting factors, such as STAU1 and nucleolin, which interact with 3'-UTR secondary structures of target transcripts, influence the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and tumor metastasis, suggesting that they are possible therapeutic targets.

Indexed as

DrosophilaDrosophila melanogaster3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsPolyadenylationRNA, MessengerTrans-Activators3' Untranslated RegionsRNA, MessengerTrans-ActivatorsDrosophila melanogastergene expression regulationG-quadruplexOrbstem-loop structure

Identifiers

PMID38161240
PMCPMC11337203
OpenAlexW4390474267

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Registered trials

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