ERC Starting Grant · 2020
Life ultimately depends on the tight control of gene expression, which requires an ordered and efficient processing of various RNA molecules. Messenger RNAs (mRNAs) – bound by a constantly changing coat of passenger proteins - transit from transcription in the nucleus to translation and ultimately decay in the cytoplasm. Similarly, ribosomal rRNAs migrate through the nucleolus where they gradually en-counter ribosomal proteins to assemble functional ribosomes. Still, we know very little about the pro-cesses that orchestrate this flux of RNA in a temporal and spatial manner. Intriguingly, many RNA processing steps occur in membraneless organelles formed by liquid-liquid phase separation,…
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