Four RNA families with functional transient structures

• Published in: RNA biology Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 5 - 20
• Main Authors: Zhu, Jing Yun A, Meyer, Irmtraud M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.01.2015
• Subjects: 5' Untranslated Regions; co-transcriptional RNA folding; gene expression; Gram-Negative Bacteria - classification; Gram-Negative Bacteria - genetics; Gram-Negative Bacteria - virology; HDV ribozyme; Levivirus; Levivirus - genetics; mutually exclusive RNA structures; Nucleic Acid Conformation; regulatory RNA structures; Riboswitch; RNA - chemistry; RNA - metabolism; RNA Family; RNA, Catalytic - metabolism; RNA, Viral - chemistry; RNA, Viral - metabolism; SAM riboswitch; Sequence Alignment; transient RNA structures; trp operon leader; Tryptophan - genetics; SAM riboswitch; HDV ribozyme; Levivirus; regulatory RNA structures; transient RNA structures; trp operon leader; mutually exclusive RNA structures; co-transcriptional RNA folding; gene expression

Protein-coding and non-coding RNA transcripts perform a wide variety of cellular functions in diverse organisms. Several of their functional roles are expressed and modulated via RNA structure. A given transcript, however, can have more than a single functional RNA structure throughout its life, a f...