Regulatory feedback from nascent RNA to chromatin and transcription
Lenka Skalska1, Manuel Beltran-Nebot1, Jernej Ule2
1UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Abstract:
Transcription and chromatin function are regulated by proteins that bind to DNA, nucleosomes or RNA polymerase II, with specific non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) functioning to modulate their recruitment or activity. Unlike ncRNAs, nascent pre-mRNA was considered to be primarily a passive player in these processes. In this Opinion article, we describe recently identified interactions between nascent pre-mRNAs and regulatory proteins, highlight commonalities between the functions of nascent pre-mRNA and nascent ncRNA, and propose that both types of RNA have an active role in transcription and chromatin regulation.
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