Die Sprache der RNA: Von RNA-Schaltern zu CRISPR/ Cas

What makes RNA such a special molecule – specific chemical and structural features of RNA

RNA synthesis – DNA and RNA dependent RNA polymerases and primase during transcription, replication and repair

Ribozymes (catalytically active RNAs) (Intro)

The Ribosome - the role and function of ribosomal RNAs and the central dogma of molecular biology

The Splicosome - the mechanism of mRNA splicing – alternative gene expression, genome size definition and phenotype plasticity

Protein independent ribozymes – about Hammerhead, Varkud satellite, hairpin ribozyme & Co

RNA-based second messengers

Riboregulation and virulence, targeting by antibiotics

Riboswitches

Riboswitch modeling: Mark Sinzger

Protein- or tRNA-controlled RNA switches

RNA thermometers

The RNA world and evolution

RNA modification

RNA degradation/processing

Regulation by non-coding RNA

RNA dependent DNA Polymerases - from telomerase to retroviruses

RNA dependent RNA Polymerases – the RNA replicase

CRISPR/Cas: Science – the bacterial “immune” system

CRISPR/Cas: Application and groundbreaking perspectives

Addison V Wright, James K Nuñez, Jennifer A Doudna
Biology and Applications of CRISPR Systems: Harnessing Nature's Toolbox for Genome Engineering.
Cell: 2016, 164(1-2);29-44
[PubMed:26771484] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

The mysterious function and role of 6S-RNA and pRNA in bacteria

Synthesis, maturation and function of tRNAs – The wobble hypothesis and specific codon usage as a molecular barrier for horizontal gene transfer

Tessa E F Quax, Nico J Claassens, Dieter Söll, John van der Oost
Codon Bias as a Means to Fine-Tune Gene Expression.
Mol Cell: 2015, 59(2);149-61
[PubMed:26186290] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sibah Alkatib, Lars B Scharff, Marcelo Rogalski, Tobias T Fleischmann, Annemarie Matthes, Stefanie Seeger, Mark A Schöttler, Stephanie Ruf, Ralph Bock
The contributions of wobbling and superwobbling to the reading of the genetic code.
PLoS Genet: 2012, 8(11);e1003076
[PubMed:23166520] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Tamir Tuller
Codon bias, tRNA pools and horizontal gene transfer.
Mob Genet Elements: 2011, 1(1);75-77
[PubMed:22016848] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Richard Giegé, Frank Jühling, Joern Pütz, Peter Stadler, Claude Sauter, Catherine Florentz
Structure of transfer RNAs: similarity and variability.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA: 2012, 3(1);37-61
[PubMed:21957054] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ingo Wohlgemuth, Corinna Pohl, Joerg Mittelstaet, Andrey L Konevega, Marina V Rodnina
Evolutionary optimization of speed and accuracy of decoding on the ribosome.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci: 2011, 366(1580);2979-86
[PubMed:21930591] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Outlook: Finding function in mystery transcripts – eRNAs, long-non coding (lncRNA) and circular RNA (circRNA)

Shahnaz Haque, Lorna W Harries
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) in Health and Disease.
Genes (Basel): 2017, 8(12);
[PubMed:29182528] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Feng Liu
Enhancer-derived RNA: A Primer.
Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics: 2017, 15(3);196-200
[PubMed:28533025] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kuei-Yang Hsiao, H Sunny Sun, Shaw-Jenq Tsai
Circular RNA - New member of noncoding RNA with novel functions.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood): 2017, 242(11);1136-1141
[PubMed:28485684] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yiwen Fang, Melissa J Fullwood
Roles, Functions, and Mechanisms of Long Non-coding RNAs in Cancer.
Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics: 2016, 14(1);42-54
[PubMed:26883671] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Tae-Kyung Kim, Martin Hemberg, Jesse M Gray
Enhancer RNAs: a class of long noncoding RNAs synthesized at enhancers.
Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol: 2015, 7(1);a018622
[PubMed:25561718] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Kevin C Wang, Howard Y Chang
Molecular mechanisms of long noncoding RNAs.
Mol Cell: 2011, 43(6);904-14
[PubMed:21925379] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Stusti 2018

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