Identification of conserved RNA regulatory switches in living cells using RNA secondary structure ensemble mapping and covariation analysis.

#RNASecondaryStructure #MutationalProfiling #5UTR #Riboswitches #RNAThermometers

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02739-0

Identification of conserved RNA regulatory switches in living cells using RNA secondary structure ensemble mapping and covariation analysis - Nature Biotechnology

Transcriptome-scale maps of RNA secondary structure ensembles in living cells detect candidate RNA structural switches.

Nature

Uncovering mRNA sequences that control translation initiation.

#mRNA #TranslationInitiation #5UTR

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41580-025-00862-z

Uncovering mRNA sequences that control translation initiation - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

In this Tools of the Trade article, Abdallah (Gilbert lab) describes the development of direct analysis of ribosome targeting (DART), a tool designed to explore 5' UTR sequences for their potential to efficiently initiate translation.

Nature

Interesting

"The 5’UTR of HCoV-OC43 Adopts a Topologically Constrained Structure to Intrinsically Repress Translation"
#5UTR #mRNA #translation #Coronavirus

https://www.jbc.org/article/S0021-9258(23)00160-6/fulltext#.Y-0tbIvJgRY.twitter

This can be useful:
"Learning to Generate 5’ UTR Sequences for Optimized Ribosome Load and Gene Expression"

@biorxivpreprint
#mRNA #translation #5UTR #ribosome

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.30.526198v2