| | This journal provides immediate access to some articles. Reviews Modulating the activity of the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome Malte Beringer RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 795–801. doi: 10.1261/rna.980308.PMCID: PMC2327356 Splicing regulation: From a parts list of regulatory elements to an integrated splicing code Zefeng Wang and Christopher B. Burge RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 802–813. doi: 10.1261/rna.876308.PMCID: PMC2327353 Bioinformatics Dual coding of siRNAs and miRNAs by plant transposable elements Jittima Piriyapongsa and I. King Jordan RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 814–821. doi: 10.1261/rna.916708.PMCID: PMC2327354 Reports The aptamer core of SAM-IV riboswitches mimics the ligand-binding site of SAM-I riboswitches Zasha Weinberg, Elizabeth E. Regulski, Ming C. Hammond, Jeffrey E. Barrick, Zizhen Yao, Walter L. Ruzzo, and Ronald R. Breaker RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 822–828. doi: 10.1261/rna.988608.PMCID: PMC2327355 Two molecular features contribute to the Argonaute specificity for the microRNA and RNAi pathways in C. elegans Guillaume Jannot, Marie-Eve L. Boisvert, Isabelle H. Banville, and Martin J. Simard RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 829–835. doi: 10.1261/rna.901908.PMCID: PMC2327357 Microarray-based analysis of stress-regulated microRNAs in Arabidopsis thaliana Han-Hua Liu, Xin Tian, Yan-Jie Li, Chang-Ai Wu, and Cheng-Chao Zheng RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 836–843. doi: 10.1261/rna.895308.PMCID: PMC2327369 Articles Normalization of microRNA expression levels in quantitative RT-PCR assays: Identification of suitable reference RNA targets in normal and cancerous human solid tissues Heidi J. Peltier and Gary J. Latham RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 844–852. doi: 10.1261/rna.939908.PMCID: PMC2327352 Experimental validation of the importance of seed complement frequency to siRNA specificity Emily M. Anderson, Amanda Birmingham, Scott Baskerville, Angela Reynolds, Elena Maksimova, Devin Leake, Yuriy Fedorov, Jon Karpilow, and Anastasia Khvorova RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 853–861. doi: 10.1261/rna.704708.PMCID: PMC2327361 Lack of secondary structure characterizes the 5′ ends of mammalian mitochondrial mRNAs Christie N. Jones, Kevin A. Wilkinson, Kimberly T. Hung, Kevin M. Weeks, and Linda L. Spremulli RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 862–871. doi: 10.1261/rna.909208.PMCID: PMC2327363 miR-148 targets human DNMT3b protein coding region Anja M. Duursma, Martijn Kedde, Mariette Schrier, Carlos le Sage, and Reuven Agami RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 872–877. doi: 10.1261/rna.972008.PMCID: PMC2327368 Sm protein methylation is dispensable for snRNP assembly in Drosophila melanogaster Graydon B. Gonsalvez, Kavita Praveen, Amanda J. Hicks, Liping Tian, and A. Gregory Matera RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 878–887. doi: 10.1261/rna.940708.PMCID: PMC2327358 Identification of TTP mRNA targets in human dendritic cells reveals TTP as a critical regulator of dendritic cell maturation Jillian Emmons, W.H. Davin Townley-Tilson, Kristen M. Deleault, Stephen J. Skinner, Robert H. Gross, Michael L. Whitfield, and Seth A. Brooks RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 888–902. doi: 10.1261/rna.748408.PMCID: PMC2327351 Hairpin RNAs derived from RNA polymerase II and polymerase III promoter-directed transgenes are processed differently in plants Ming-Bo Wang, Christopher A. Helliwell, Li-Min Wu, Peter M. Waterhouse, W. James Peacock, and Elizabeth S. Dennis RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 903–913. doi: 10.1261/rna.760908.PMCID: PMC2327362 Unexpected roles for UPF1 in HIV-1 RNA metabolism and translation Lara Ajamian, Levon Abrahamyan, Miroslav Milev, Pavel V. Ivanov, Andreas E. Kulozik, Niels H. Gehring, and Andrew J. Mouland RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 914–927. doi: 10.1261/rna.829208.PMCID: PMC2327365 Maturation of the 5S rRNA 5′ end is catalyzed in vitro by the endonuclease tRNase Z in the archaeon H. volcanii
Annette Hölzle, Susan Fischer, Ruth Heyer, Stefanie Schütz, Martin Zacharias, Paul Walther, Thorsten Allers, and Anita Marchfelder RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 928–937. doi: 10.1261/rna.933208.PMCID: PMC2327364 An important role of G638 in the cis-cleavage reaction of the Neurospora VS ribozyme revealed by a novel nucleotide analog incorporation method Dominic Jaikaran, M. Duane Smith, Reza Mehdizadeh, Joan Olive, and Richard A. Collins RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 938–949. doi: 10.1261/rna.936508.PMCID: PMC2327350 The AU-rich element mRNA decay-promoting activity of BRF1 is regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 Sushmit Maitra, Chu-Fang Chou, Christian A. Luber, Kyung-Yeol Lee, Matthias Mann, and Ching-Yi Chen RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 950–959. doi: 10.1261/rna.983708.PMCID: PMC2327367 Cap-dependent eukaryotic initiation factor-mRNA interactions probed by cross-linking Lisa Lindqvist, Hiroaki Imataka, and Jerry Pelletier RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 960–969. doi: 10.1261/rna.971208.PMCID: PMC2327359 TbRGG1, an essential protein involved in kinetoplastid RNA metabolism that is associated with a novel multiprotein complex Hassan Hashimi, Alena Zíková, Aswini K. Panigrahi, Kenneth D. Stuart, and Julius Lukeš RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 970–980. doi: 10.1261/rna.888808.PMCID: PMC2327366 Method Selection of peptides interfering with a ribosomal frameshift in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Dominic Dulude, Gabriel Théberge-Julien, Léa Brakier-Gingras, and Nikolaus Heveker RNA. 2008 May; 14(5): 981–991. doi: 10.1261/rna.887008.PMCID: PMC2327360 |