| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Letters to the Editor Dissecting RNA chaperone activity Lukas Rajkowitsch and Renée Schroeder RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2053–2060. doi: 10.1261/rna.671807.PMCID: PMC2080586 Plastid mRNAs are neither spliced nor edited in maize and cauliflower mitochondrial in organello systems Nina Bolle, Inga Hinrichsen, and Frank Kempken RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2061–2065. doi: 10.1261/rna.758307.PMCID: PMC2080585 Bioinformatics Evolution of small nuclear RNAs in S. cerevisiae, C. albicans, and other hemiascomycetous yeasts Quinn M. Mitrovich and Christine Guthrie RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2066–2080. doi: 10.1261/rna.766607.PMCID: PMC2080600 miRRim: A novel system to find conserved miRNAs with high sensitivity and specificity Goro Terai, Takashi Komori, Kiyoshi Asai, and Taishin Kin RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2081–2090. doi: 10.1261/rna.655107.PMCID: PMC2080609 Reports Thiostrepton inhibition of tRNA delivery to the ribosome Ruben L. Gonzalez, Jr, Steven Chu, and Joseph D. Puglisi RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2091–2097. doi: 10.1261/rna.499407.PMCID: PMC2080598 The 1.3 Å resolution structure of the RNA tridecamer r(GCGUUUGAAACGC): Metal ion binding correlates with base unstacking and groove contraction Youri Timsit and Sophie Bombard RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2098–2107. doi: 10.1261/rna.730207.PMCID: PMC2080593 The RNA binding protein RNPS1 alleviates ASF/SF2 depletion-induced genomic instability Xialu Li, Tianhui Niu, and James L. Manley RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2108–2115. doi: 10.1261/rna.734407.PMCID: PMC2080599 Articles Roles of the negatively charged N-terminal extension of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ribosomal protein S5 revealed by characterization of a yeast strain containing human ribosomal protein S5 Oleksandr Galkin, Amber A. Bentley, Sujatha Gupta, Beth-Ann Compton, Barsanjit Mazumder, Terri Goss Kinzy, William C. Merrick, Maria Hatzoglou, Tatyana V. Pestova, Christopher U.T. Hellen, and Anton A. Komar RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2116–2128. doi: 10.1261/rna.688207.PMCID: PMC2080588 A bipartite U1 site represses U1A expression by synergizing with PIE to inhibit nuclear polyadenylation Fei Guan, Rose M. Caratozzolo, Rafal Goraczniak, Eric S. Ho, and Samuel I. Gunderson RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2129–2140. doi: 10.1261/rna.756707.PMCID: PMC2080603 In vitro dimerization of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) spliced RNAs Lucile Sinck, Delphine Richer, Jane Howard, Marina Alexander, Damian F.J. Purcell, Roland Marquet, and Jean-Christophe Paillart RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2141–2150. doi: 10.1261/rna.678307.PMCID: PMC2080610 The wobble hypothesis revisited: Uridine-5-oxyacetic acid is critical for reading of G-ending codons S. Joakim Näsvall, Peng Chen, and Glenn R. Björk RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2151–2164. doi: 10.1261/rna.731007.PMCID: PMC2080601 Nop9 is an RNA binding protein present in pre-40S ribosomes and required for 18S rRNA synthesis in yeast Emma Thomson, Juri Rappsilber, and David Tollervey RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2165–2174. doi: 10.1261/rna.747607.PMCID: PMC2080597 Single-molecule mechanical unfolding and folding of a pseudoknot in human telomerase RNA Gang Chen, Jin-Der Wen, and Ignacio Tinoco, Jr RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2175–2188. doi: 10.1261/rna.676707.PMCID: PMC2080604 Wild-type is the optimal sequence of the HDV ribozyme under cotranscriptional conditions Durga M. Chadalavada, Andrea L. Cerrone-Szakal, and Philip C. Bevilacqua RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2189–2201. doi: 10.1261/rna.778107.PMCID: PMC2080589 Ligand-induced folding of the guanine-sensing riboswitch is controlled by a combined predetermined–induced fit mechanism Otmar M. Ottink, Sumientra M. Rampersad, Marco Tessari, Guido J.R. Zaman, Hans A. Heus, and Sybren S. Wijmenga RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2202–2212. doi: 10.1261/rna.635307.PMCID: PMC2080608 An Hfq-like protein in archaea: Crystal structure and functional characterization of the Sm protein from Methanococcus jannaschii
Jesper S. Nielsen, Andreas Bøggild, Christian B.F. Andersen, Gorm Nielsen, Anders Boysen, Ditlev E. Brodersen, and Poul Valentin-Hansen RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2213–2223. doi: 10.1261/rna.689007.PMCID: PMC2080587 Human ribosomal protein L13a is dispensable for canonical ribosome function but indispensable for efficient rRNA methylation Sujan Chaudhuri, Keyur Vyas, Purvi Kapasi, Anton A. Komar, Jonathan D. Dinman, Sailen Barik, and Barsanjit Mazumder RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2224–2237. doi: 10.1261/rna.694007.PMCID: PMC2080596 MBNL binds similar RNA structures in the CUG repeats of myotonic dystrophy and its pre-mRNA substrate cardiac troponin T M. Bryan Warf and J. Andrew Berglund RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2238–2251. doi: 10.1261/rna.610607.PMCID: PMC2080590 A dynamic bulge in the U6 RNA internal stem–loop functions in spliceosome assembly and activation C. Joel McManus, Matthew L. Schwartz, Samuel E. Butcher, and David A. Brow RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2252–2265. doi: 10.1261/rna.699907.PMCID: PMC2080595 Characterization of a natural heterodimer between MLV genomic RNA and the SD′ retroelement generated by alternative splicing Stéphan Maurel, Laurent Houzet, Eric L. Garcia, Alice Telesnitsky, and Marylène Mougel RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2266–2276. doi: 10.1261/rna.713807.PMCID: PMC2080594 Conversion of stable RNA hairpin to a metastable dimer in frozen solution Xueguang Sun, J. Michael Li, and Roger M. Wartell RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2277–2286. doi: 10.1261/rna.433307.PMCID: PMC2080584 Alternately spliced WT1 antisense transcripts interact with WT1 sense RNA and show epigenetic and splicing defects in cancer Anthony R. Dallosso, Anne L. Hancock, Sally Malik, Ashreena Salpekar, Linda King-Underwood, Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Jo Peters, Kim Moorwood, Andrew Ward, Karim T.A. Malik, and Keith W. Brown RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2287–2299. doi: 10.1261/rna.562907.PMCID: PMC2080606 Protein-free spliceosomal snRNAs catalyze a reaction that resembles the first step of splicing Saba Valadkhan, Afshin Mohammadi, Chaim Wachtel, and James L. Manley RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2300–2311. doi: 10.1261/rna.626207.PMCID: PMC2080592 Multisite and bidirectional exonic splicing enhancer in CD44 alternative exon v3
Elena Vela, Josep M. Hilari, Xavier Roca, Ana M. Muñoz-Mármol, Aurelio Ariza, and Marcos Isamat RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2312–2323. doi: 10.1261/rna.732807.PMCID: PMC2080591 Dicer-1, but not Loquacious, is critical for assembly of miRNA-induced silencing complexes Xiang Liu, Joseph K. Park, Feng Jiang, Ying Liu, Dennis McKearin, and Qinghua Liu RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2324–2329. doi: 10.1261/rna.723707.PMCID: PMC2080612 Stimulation of picornavirus replication by the poly(A) tail in a cell-free extract is largely independent of the poly(A) binding protein (PABP) Yuri V. Svitkin, Mauro Costa-Mattioli, Barbara Herdy, Sandra Perreault, and Nahum Sonenberg RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2330–2340. doi: 10.1261/rna.606407.PMCID: PMC2080607 Light-dependent RNA interference with nucleobase-caged siRNAs Vera Mikat and Alexander Heckel RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2341–2347. doi: 10.1261/rna.753407.PMCID: PMC2080613 Characterization of 16S rRNA mutations that decrease the fidelity of translation initiation Daoming Qin, Nimo M. Abdi, and Kurt Fredrick RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2348–2355. doi: 10.1261/rna.715307.PMCID: PMC2080605 3′ Terminal oligo U-tract-mediated stimulation of decapping Man-Gen Song and Megerditch Kiledjian RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2356–2365. doi: 10.1261/rna.765807.PMCID: PMC2080602 Cloning and expression profiling of small RNAs expressed in the mouse ovary Seungil Ro, Rui Song, Chanjae Park, Huili Zheng, Kenton M. Sanders, and Wei Yan RNA. 2007 December; 13(12): 2366–2380. doi: 10.1261/rna.754207.PMCID: PMC2080611 |