Paraspeckles
- 1Western Australian Institute for Medical Research and Centre For Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009 Western Australia, Australia
- 2Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee DUNDEE DD1 5EH UK
- Correspondence: archafox{at}waimr.uwa.edu.au
Abstract
Paraspeckles are a relatively new class of subnuclear bodies found in the interchromatin space of mammalian cells. They are RNA-protein structures formed by the interaction between a long nonprotein-coding RNA species, NEAT1/Men ε/β, and members of the DBHS (Drosophila Behavior Human Splicing) family of proteins: P54NRB/NONO, PSPC1, and PSF/SFPQ. Paraspeckles are critical to the control of gene expression through the nuclear retention of RNA containing double-stranded RNA regions that have been subject to adenosine-to-inosine editing. Through this mechanism paraspeckles and their components may ultimately have a role in controlling gene expression during many cellular processes including differentiation, viral infection, and stress responses.
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Editors: Tom Misteli and David Spector
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