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Widespread Generation of Alternative UTRs Contributes to Sex-specific RNA Binding by UNR

ABSTRACT: Upstream of N-ras (UNR) is a conserved RNA-binding protein that regulates mRNA translation and stability by binding to sites generally located in untranslated regions (UTRs). In Drosophila, sex-specific binding of UNR to msl2 mRNA and the non-coding RNA roX plays key roles in the control of X-chromosome dosage compensation in both sexes. In order to investigate broader sex-specific functions of UNR, we have identified its RNA targets in adult male and female flies by high-throughput RNA binding and transcriptome analysis. Here we show that UNR binds to a large set of protein-coding transcripts and to a smaller set of non-coding RNAs in a sex-specific fashion. Two replicates of UNR IP were performed in D.melanogaster adult males and females, and enrichment in either sex was compared with IgG IP as control. To correlate sex-specific UNR binding with sex-specific transcription and splicing we performed RNA-Seq experiments in males and females.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Giulio Pavesi

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-33178 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Widespread generation of alternative UTRs contributes to sex-specific RNA binding by UNR.

Mihailovic Marija M Wurth Laurence L Zambelli Federico F Abaza Irina I Militti Cristina C Mancuso Francesco M FM Roma Guglielmo G Pavesi Giulio G Gebauer Fátima F

RNA (New York, N.Y.) 20111118 1

Upstream of N-ras (UNR) is a conserved RNA-binding protein that regulates mRNA translation and stability by binding to sites generally located in untranslated regions (UTRs). In Drosophila, sex-specific binding of UNR to msl2 mRNA and the noncoding RNA roX is believed to play key roles in the control of X-chromosome dosage compensation in both sexes. To investigate broader sex-specific functions of UNR, we have identified its RNA targets in adult male and female flies by high-throughput RNA bind ...[more]

PMID: 22101243

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Widespread Generation of Alternative UTRs Contributes to Sex-specific RNA Binding by UNR

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Widespread generation of alternative UTRs contributes to sex-specific RNA binding by UNR.

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