Constitutive patterns of gene expression regulated by RNA-binding proteins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

RNA-binding proteins regulate a number of cellular processes, including synthesis, folding, translocation, assembly and clearance of RNAs. Recent studies have reported that an unexpectedly large number of proteins are able to interact with RNA, but the partners of many RNA-binding proteins are still uncharacterized.

Results

We combined prediction of ribonucleoprotein interactions, based on catRAPID calculations, with analysis of protein and RNA expression profiles from human tissues. We found strong interaction propensities for both positively and negatively correlated expression patterns. Our integration of in silico and ex vivo data unraveled two major types of protein-RNA interactions, with positively correlated patterns related to cell cycle control and negati

SUBMITTER: Cirillo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4054784 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature