Listening to silence and understanding nonsense: exonic mutations that affect splicing

L Cartegni, SL Chew, AR Krainer - Nature reviews genetics, 2002 - nature.com
Point mutations in the coding regions of genes are commonly assumed to exert their effects
by altering single amino acids in the encoded proteins. However, there is increasing …

The human splicing code reveals new insights into the genetic determinants of disease

…, TR Hughes, Q Morris, Y Barash, AR Krainer… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Advancing whole-genome precision medicine requires understanding
how gene expression is altered by genetic variants, especially those that are far outside of …

Excision of an intact intron as a novel lariat structure during pre-mRNA splicing in vitro

B Ruskin, AR Krainer, T Maniatis, MR Green - Cell, 1984 - cell.com
To study the mechanisms of RNA splicing we have analyzed the products generated by in
vitro processing of a truncated 32P-labeled human 8-globin RNA precursor that contains the …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR inversion of CTCF sites alters genome topology and enhancer/promoter function

…, Y Lu, Y Wu, Z Jia, W Li, MQ Zhang, B Ren, AR Krainer… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
CTCF and the associated cohesin complex play a central role in insulator function and
higher-order chromatin organization of mammalian genomes. Recent studies identified a …

Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing by hnRNP A1 and splicing factor SF2

A Mayeda, AR Krainer - Cell, 1992 - cell.com
When messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNAs) containing alternative 5’splice sites are
spliced in vitro, the relative concentrations of the heterogeneous ribonucieoprotein(hnRNP) Al …

Regulation of alternative splicing in vivo by overexpression of antagonistic splicing factors

JF Cáceres, S Stamm, DM Helfman, AR Krainer - Science, 1994 - science.org
The opposing effects of SF2/ASF and heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP)
A1 influence alternative splicing in vitro. SF2/ASF or hnRNP A1 complementary DNAs were …

RNA therapeutics: beyond RNA interference and antisense oligonucleotides

R Kole, AR Krainer, S Altman - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2012 - nature.com
Here, we discuss three RNA-based therapeutic technologies exploiting various oligonucleotides
that bind to RNA by base pairing in a sequence-specific manner yet have different …

The gene encoding the splicing factor SF2/ASF is a proto-oncogene

…, SW Lowe, R Sinha, D Mu, AR Krainer - Nature structural & …, 2007 - nature.com
Alternative splicing modulates the expression of many oncogene and tumor-suppressor
isoforms. We have tested whether some alternative splicing factors are involved in cancer. We …

Disruption of an SF2/ASF-dependent exonic splicing enhancer in SMN2 causes spinal muscular atrophy in the absence of SMN1

L Cartegni, AR Krainer - Nature genetics, 2002 - nature.com
Alteration of correct splicing patterns by disruption of an exonic splicing enhancer may be a
frequent mechanism by which point mutations cause genetic diseases. Spinal muscular …

ESEfinder: a web resource to identify exonic splicing enhancers

…, J Wang, Z Zhu, MQ Zhang, AR Krainer - Nucleic acids …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Point mutations frequently cause genetic diseases by disrupting the correct pattern of pre-mRNA
splicing. The effect of a point mutation within a coding sequence is traditionally …