| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Mini-Review The birth of new exons: Mechanisms and evolutionary consequences Rotem Sorek RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1603–1608. doi: 10.1261/rna.682507.PMCID: PMC1986822 Review Antisense-mediated exon skipping: A versatile tool with therapeutic and research applications Annemieke Aartsma-Rus and Gert-Jan B. van Ommen RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1609–1624. doi: 10.1261/rna.653607.PMCID: PMC1986821 Letter to the Editor The tolerance to exchanges of the Watson–Crick base pair in the hammerhead ribozyme core is determined by surrounding elements Rita Przybilski and Christian Hammann RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1625–1630. doi: 10.1261/rna.631207.PMCID: PMC1986816 Bioinformatics Effect of target secondary structure on RNAi efficiency Yu Shao, Chi Yu Chan, Anil Maliyekkel, Charles E. Lawrence, Igor B. Roninson, and Ye Ding RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1631–1640. doi: 10.1261/rna.546207.PMCID: PMC1986803 Reports The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pus2 protein encoded by YGL063w ORF is a mitochondrial tRNA:Ψ27/28-synthase Isabelle Behm-Ansmant, Christiane Branlant, and Yuri Motorin RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1641–1647. doi: 10.1261/rna.605607.PMCID: PMC1986808 Specific binding of a Pop6/Pop7 heterodimer to the P3 stem of the yeast RNase MRP and RNase P RNAs Anna Perederina, Olga Esakova, Hasan Koc, Mark E. Schmitt, and Andrey S. Krasilnikov RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1648–1655. doi: 10.1261/rna.654407.PMCID: PMC1986809 Articles Modulation of individual steps in group I intron catalysis by a peripheral metal ion Marcello Forconi, Joseph A. Piccirilli, and Daniel Herschlag RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1656–1667. doi: 10.1261/rna.632007.PMCID: PMC1986806 Systematic analysis of microRNA expression of RNA extracted from fresh frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded samples Yaguang Xi, Go Nakajima, Elaine Gavin, Chris G. Morris, Kenji Kudo, Kazuhiko Hayashi, and Jingfang Ju RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1668–1674. doi: 10.1261/rna.642907.PMCID: PMC1986820 Nuclear factors are involved in hepatitis C virus RNA replication Olaf Isken, Martina Baroth, Claus W. Grassmann, Susan Weinlich, Dirk H. Ostareck, Antje Ostareck-Lederer, and Sven-Erik Behrens RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1675–1692. doi: 10.1261/rna.594207.PMCID: PMC1986813 Cloning and expression profiling of testis-expressed piRNA-like RNAs Seungil Ro, Chanjae Park, Rui Song, Dan Nguyen, Jingling Jin, Kenton M. Sanders, John R. McCarrey, and Wei Yan RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1693–1702. doi: 10.1261/rna.640307.PMCID: PMC1986815 Improved amber and opal suppressor tRNAs for incorporation of unnatural amino acids in vivo. Part 1: Minimizing misacylation Erik A. Rodriguez, Henry A. Lester, and Dennis A. Dougherty RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1703–1714. doi: 10.1261/rna.666807.PMCID: PMC1986802 Improved amber and opal suppressor tRNAs for incorporation of unnatural amino acids in vivo. Part 2: Evaluating suppression efficiency Erik A. Rodriguez, Henry A. Lester, and Dennis A. Dougherty RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1715–1722. doi: 10.1261/rna.667607.PMCID: PMC1986817 A functional interaction of SmpB with tmRNA for determination of the resuming point of trans-translation Takayuki Konno, Daisuke Kurita, Kazuma Takada, Akira Muto, and Hyouta Himeno RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1723–1731. doi: 10.1261/rna.604907.PMCID: PMC1986810 Alternative splicing of the ADAR1 transcript in a region that functions either as a 5′-UTR or an ORF Søren Lykke-Andersen, Serafín Piñol-Roma, and Jørgen Kjems RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1732–1744. doi: 10.1261/rna.567807.PMCID: PMC1986812 Phosphorothioate cap analogs stabilize mRNA and increase translational efficiency in mammalian cells Ewa Grudzien-Nogalska, Jacek Jemielity, Joanna Kowalska, Edward Darzynkiewicz, and Robert E. Rhoads RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1745–1755. doi: 10.1261/rna.701307.PMCID: PMC1986804 Polyadenylation site choice in yeast is affected by competition between Npl3 and polyadenylation factor CFI Miriam E. Bucheli, Xiaoyuan He, Craig D. Kaplan, Claire L. Moore, and Stephen Buratowski RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1756–1764. doi: 10.1261/rna.607207.PMCID: PMC1986811 Defining the optimal parameters for hairpin-based knockdown constructs Leiming Li, Xiaoyu Lin, Anastasia Khvorova, Stephen W. Fesik, and Yu Shen RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1765–1774. doi: 10.1261/rna.599107.PMCID: PMC1986814 Method Versatile applications of transcriptional pulsing to study mRNA turnover in mammalian cells Chyi-Ying A. Chen, Yukiko Yamashita, Tsung-Cheng Chang, Akio Yamashita, Wenmiao Zhu, Zhenping Zhong, and Ann-Bin Shyu RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1775–1786. doi: 10.1261/rna.663507.PMCID: PMC1986818 A novel monoclonal antibody against human Argonaute proteins reveals unexpected characteristics of miRNAs in human blood cells Peter T. Nelson, Mariangels De Planell-Saguer, Stella Lamprinaki, Marianthi Kiriakidou, Paul Zhang, Una O'Doherty, and Zissimos Mourelatos RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1787–1792. doi: 10.1261/rna.646007.PMCID: PMC1986805 Instrumentation and metrology for single RNA counting in biological complexes or nanoparticles by a single-molecule dual-view system Hui Zhang, Dan Shu, Faqing Huang, and Peixuan Guo RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1793–1802. doi: 10.1261/rna.587607.PMCID: PMC1986819 A simple array platform for microRNA analysis and its application in mouse tissues Xiaoqing Tang, Jozsef Gal, Xun Zhuang, Wangxia Wang, Haining Zhu, and Guiliang Tang RNA. 2007 October; 13(10): 1803–1822. doi: 10.1261/rna.498607.PMCID: PMC1986807 |