115] Fear extinction is regulated by the activity of long noncoding RNAs at the synapse.
Madugalle S, Liau W-S, Zhao Q, Li X, Gong H, Marshall P, Periyakaruppiah A, Zajackowski E, Leighton LJ, Ren H, Musgrove M, Davies J, Raugh S, He C, Dickinson BC, Fletcher L, Fulopova B,
Williams SR, Spitale RC, Bredy TW*
Nature Communications 2023 In Press
114] DNA G-quadruplex is a transcriptional control device that regulates memory.
Marshall PR, Zhao Q, Davies J, Liau W-S, Lee Y, Basic D, Periyakaruppiah A, Zajaczkowski E, Leighton LJ, Madugalle SU, Musgrove M, Gong H, Ren H, Kaczmarczyk L, Jackson WS, Chen A, Spitale RC, Bredy TW*
BioRxiv 2023
113] Novel photocrosslinking chemical probes utilized for high-resolution spatial transcriptomics.
Spitalny L, Falco N, England W, Allred T, Spitale RC*
Submitted 2023
112] Altered splicing in Huntington’s disease via disrupted TDP-43 activity accompanied by altered m6A RNA modification.
Nguyen TB, Miramontes R, Chillon-Marinas C, Mainon R, Vazquez-Sanchez S, Lau AL, McClure NR, England WE, Singha M, Stocksdale J, Jang K-H,
Jung S, McKnight JI, Ho LN, Faull RLM, Steffan JS, Reidling JC, Jang C, Lee G, Cleveland DW, Lagier-Tourenne C, Spitale RC*, Thompspn LM*
Submitted 2023
110] The anti-cancer compound JTE-607 reveals hidden sequence specificity of the mRNA 3′ processing machinery.
Liu L, Yu AM, Wang X, Soles LV, Teng X, Chen Y, Yoon Y, Sarkan KSK, Valdez MC, Linder J, England W, Spitale RC, Yu Z, Marazzi I, Qiao F, Li W, Seelig G, Shi Y*
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 2023 In Press
109] An optimized ligand-protein pair for targeted protein degradation.
Fredlender C, Levine S, Zimak J, Spitale RC*
Submitted 2023
108] Using 5′ 32P-labeled Primer and Reverse Transcription to Probe RNA Structure.
Garfio C, Gupta M, Spitale RC*
Current Protocols 2023 In Press
107] Overview of chemical methods to probe RNA structure with radionucleotides.
Gupta M, Garfio C, Spitale RC*
Current Protocols 2023 In Press
106] Cycloaddition-enabled mutational profiling of 5-vinyluridine in RNA.
Gupta M, Wang J, Garfio C, Spitale RC*
Chemical Communications 2023 In press
105] Engineering an inhibitor resistant human CSF1R variant for microglia replacement.
Chadarevian JP, Lombroso S, Peet G, Hasselmann J, Tu C, Marzan D, Capocchi J, Purnell F, Nemec K, Lahian A, Escobar A, England W, Chaluvadi AS, O'Brien C, Yaqoob F, Aisenberg W, Porras-Paniagua M, Bennett M,
Davtyan H, Spitale RC, Blurton-Jones M*, Bennett FB*
Journal of Experimental Medicine 2023 In Press
104] An optimized enzyme-nucleobase pair enables in vivo RNA metabolic labeling with improved cell-specificity.
Singha M, Zimak J, Levine S, Dai N, Hong C, Anaraki C, Gupta M, Halbrook CJ, Atwood SX, Spitale RC*
Biochemistry 2022 In Press
103] Probing the dynamic RNA structurome and its functions.
Spitale RC* and Incarnato D*
Nature Reviews Genetics 2022 In Press
102] mRNAs encoding neurodevelopmental regulators have equal m6A stoichiometry in Drosophila neuroblasts and neurons.
Sami J, Spitale RC, Cleary M*
Neural Development 2022 In Press
101] Reply to: On gene silencing by the X10-23 DNAzyme.
Spitale RC*, Chaput JC*
Nature Chemistry 2022 In Press
100] Probing nascent RNA with metabolic incorporation of modified nucleosides.
Gupta M, Levine S, Spitale RC*
Accounts of Chemical Research 2022 In Press
99] A fluorescent reverse-transcription assay to detect chemical adducts on RNA.
Falco N, Garfio C, Spitalny L, Spitale RC*
Biochemistry 2022 In Press
98] Fear extinction is regulated by long noncoding RNA activity at the synapse.
Liau W-S, Zhao Q, Bademosi A, Gong H, Marshall PR, Periyakaruppiah A, Madugalle SU, Zajackowski EL, Leighton LJ, Ren H, Musgrove M, Davies J, Li X,
Wei W, Rauch S, He C, Dickinson B, Gormal R, Meunier FA, Fernandez Moya SK, Kiebler M, Srinivasan B, Banerjee S, Spitale RC, Bredy TW*
BioRxiv
97] An atlas of posttranslational modifications on RNA binding proteins.
England WE, Wang J, Chen S, Baldi P, Flynn RA*, Spitale RC*
Nucleic Acids Research 2022 In Press
96] Exploiting endogenous enzymes for cancer cell-selective metabolic labeling of RNA in vivo.
Beasley S, Vandewalle A, Nguyen K, England W, Tarapre E, Atwood SX, Spitale RC*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022 In Press
95] Halo-seq: an RNA proximity labeling method for the isolation and analysis of subcellular RNA populations.
Lo HL, Engel K, Goering R, Li Y, Spitale RC*, Taliaferro M*
Current Protocols 2022 In Press
94] ADRAM is an experience-dependent long noncoding RNA that drives fear extinction through a direct interaction with the chaperone protein 14-3-3.
Li X, Zhao Q, Wang Z, Liau W-S, Basic D, Ren H, Marshall P, Zajaczkowski E, Leighton L, Madugalle S, Musgrove M, Periyakaruppiah A, Shi J, Zhang J, Mattick J, Mercer T, Spitale RC, Wei W, Bredy TW*
Cell Reports 2022 In Press
93] Repurposing a DNA-repair enzyme for targeted protein degradation.
Fredlender C^, Levine S^, Zimak J^, Spitale RC*
ChemBioChem 2022 In Press
92] Diverse functional elements in RNA predicted transcriptome-wide by orthogonal RNA structure probing.
Chan D, Feng C, England WE, Wyman D, Flynn RA, Wang X, Shi Y, Mortazavi A, Spitale RC*
Nucleic Acids Research 2021 In Press
91] Human microglia differentially respond to beta-amyloid, tau, and combined Alzheimer’s Disease pathologies in vivo.
Corburn MA, England W, Hasselmann J, McQuade A, Picard K, Lau V, Silva J, Beck J, Shabestarti SK, Trembley M-E, Spitale RC, Davtyan H, Blurton-Jones M*
In Revision
90] Evidence of altered lipid metabolism in adults with down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.
Vu M, Gross T, Lott IT, Doran E, Lee JH, Schupf N, Silverman W, Dang L-H, Bansal S, Li Y, Jayatilake M, Spitale RC, Cheema A, Mapstone M, Alzheimer’s Biomarker Consortium-Down Syndrome (ABC-DS)
In Revision
89] aPKC drives cilia-independent Hedgehog signaling to maintain basal cell carcinoma growth.
Nguyen TL, Jeon US, Jhumkhawala V, Tan KC, Kumar V, England WE, Spitale RC, Atwood SX*
bioRxiv
88] Long-TUC-seq is a robust method for quantification of metabolically labeled full-length isoforms.
Rahmanian S, Balderrama-Gutierrez G, Wyman D, MCgill CS, Nguyen K, Spitale RC*, Mortazavi A.*
bioRxiv
87] A technology-agnostic long-read analysis pipeline for transcriptome discovery and quantification.
Wyman D^, Balderrama-Gutierrez G^, Reese F, Jiang S, Rahmanian S, Zheng W, Williams B, Trout D, England W, Chu S, Spitale RC, Tenner A, Wold B, Mortazavi*
bioRxiv
86] The P522R protective variant of PLCG2 promotes the expression of antigen presentation genes by human microglia in Alzheimer mice.
Claes C*, Danhas EP, Jairaman A, Hasselmann J, Chadarevian JP, Shabestari SK, Lim TE, Hidalgo JLS, Cahalan MD, Spitale RC, Blurton-Jones M*, Davtyan H*
Alzheimer's & Dementia 2021 In Press
85] Mutually Orthogonal Bioconjugation of Vinyl Nucleosides for RNA Metabolic Labeling.
Gupta M, Singha M, Rasale DB, Zhou Z, Bhandari S, Beasley S, Sakr J, Parker SM, Spitale RC*
Organic Letters 2021 In Press
84] Analysis of subcellular transcriptomes by RNA proximity labeling with Halo-seq.
Engle KL, Lo H-Y G, Goering R, Li Y, Spitale RC*, Taliaferro M*
Nucleic Acids Research 2021 In Press
80] Taylor-made production of pyrimidine nucleoside-5'-monophosphate analogues by highly stabilized mutant uracil phosphoribosyltransferase from Toxoplasma gondii.
Acosta J, Nguyen K, Spitale RC, Lucas JF*
Bioresource Technology 2021 In Press
79] Plaque-associated human microglia accumulate lipid droplets in a chimeric model of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Claes C*, Pascal E, Hasselmann J, Chadarevian JP, Shabestari SK, England WE, Lim TE, Silva JL, Spitale RC, Davtyan H, Blurton-Jones M*
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2021 In Press
78] Huntington’s disease mice and human brain tissue exhibit increased G3BP1 granules and TDP43 mislocalization.
Sanchez I, Nguyen T, England W, Lim RG, Vu A, Miramontes R, Byrne LM, Markmiller S, Lau L, Orellana I, Curtis M, Faull RLM, Yeo G, Fowler C, Reidling J, Wild E, Spitale RC, Thompson L*
Journal of Clinical Investigation 2021 In Press
77] Allele-specific RNA knockdown with a biologically stable and catalytically efficient XNAzyme.
Nguyen K^, Wang Y^, England WE, Chaput JC*, Spitale RC*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021 In Press
76] Chemical methods for measuring RNA expression with metabolic labeling.
Singha M, Spitalny L, Nguyen K, Vandewalle A, Spitale RC*
WIRES RNA 2021 In Press
75] A biologically stable DNAzyme that efficiently silences gene expression in cells.
Wang Y^, Nguyen K^, Spitale RC, Chaput JC*
Nature Chemistry 2021 In Press
74] RNA structure probing to characterize RNA-protein interactions on a low abundance pre-mRNA in living cells.
Bubenik JL, Hale M, McConnell O, Wang E, Swanson MS, Spitale RC, Berglund A*
RNA 2020 In Press
73] Identification of novel regulators of dendrite arborization using cell type-specific RNA metabolic labeling.
Aboukilila M, Sami J, Wang J, England W, Spitale RC, Cleary M*
PLoS ONE 2020 In Press
72] A bump-hole strategy for increased stringency of cell-specific metabolic labeling of RNA.
Nguyen K, Kubota M, del Arco J, Feng C, Singha M, Beasley S, Sakr J, Gandhi S, Blurton-Jones M, Fernández Lucas J, Spitale RC*
ACS Chemical Biology 2020 In Press
71] Chemical approaches to analyzing RNA structure transcriptome-wide.
England WE, Garfio C, Spitale RC*
ChemBioChem 2020 In Press
70] Assaying RNA solvent accessibility in living cells with LASER.
Feng C, Spitale RC*
Methods in Enzymology 2020 In Press
69] Structural disruption of exonic stem-loops immediately upstream of the intron regulates mammalian splicing.
Saha K, England W, Biswas T, Fernandez MM, Spitale RC*, Ghosh G*
Nucleic Acids Research 2020 In Press
68] Chromatin remodeling protein HELLS is dispensable for retinal development but important for retinoblastoma tumor initiation and progression.
Zocchi L, Mehta A, Wu SC, Wu J, Gu Y, Wang J, Suh S, Spitale RC, Benavente CA*
Oncogenesis 2020 In Press
67] An optimized chemical-genetic method for cell-specific metabolic labeling of RNA.
Nainar S, Cuthbert B, Lim NM, England WE, Ke K, Sophal K, Quechol R, Mobley D, Goulding CW, Spitale RC*
Nature Methods 2020 In Press
66] Identification of adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing with acrylonitrile reagents.
Li Y^, Gohl M^, Ke K^, Vanderwal C*, Spitale RC*
Organic Letters 2019
65] Functional conservation of lncRNA JPX despite sequence and structural divergence.
Karner H M, Carmona S, Liu Y, Lin B, Efrhard M, Chan D, Baldi P, Spitale RC, Sun S*
Journal of Molecular Biology 2019 In Press
64] Development of a chimeric model to study and manipulate human microglia in vivo.
Hasselmann J, Coburn MA, England W, Figueroa Velez DX, McQuade A, Tu CH, Shabestari SK, Kolahdouzan M, Claes C, Nakayama T, Azevedo R, Coufal NG, Han CZ, Echecerria K, Cummings BJ, Davtyan H, Glass CK, Healy LM, Gandhi SP, Spitale RC, Blurton-Jones M*
Neuron 2019 In Press
63] Expanding the scope of RNA metabolic labeling with vinyl nucleosides and inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder chemistry.
Kubota M^, Nainar S^, Parker S, England W, Furche F, Spitale RC*
ACS Chemical Biology 2019
62] The DNA modification N6-methyl-2’-deoxyadenosine (m6dA) drives activity-induced gene expression and is required for fear extinction.
Li X, Zhao Q, Wei W, Lin Q, Magnan C, Emami MR, Wearick-Silva LE, Viola TW, Marshall PR, Yin J, Madugalle SU, Wang Z, Nainar S, Vågbø CB, Leighton LJ, Zajaczkowski EL, Grassi-Oliveira R, Bjørås M, Baldi PF, Spitale RC, Bredy TW*
Nature Neuroscience 2019
61] Assaying RNA structure with LASER-Seq.
Zinshteyn B*, Chan D, England W, Feng C, Green R, Spitale RC*
Nucleic Acids Research 2019
60] Biochemical methods for analyzing RNA localization: from one to many.
Li Y^, Ke K^, Spitale RC*
Biochemistry (ACS) 2018
Part of a Biochemistry special issue “Regulating the Central Dogma.”
59] Protected pyrimidine nucleosides for cell-specific metabolic labeling of RNA.
Beasley S, Nguyen K, Fazio M, Spitale RC*
Tetrahedron Letters 2018 In Press
58] Bioorthogonal metabolic labelling of nascent RNA in neurons improves the sensitivity of transcriptome-wide profiling.
Zajaczkowski E, Zhao Q-Y, Zhang Z, Li X, Wei W, Marshall P, Leighton L, Nainar S, Feng C, Spitale RC*, Bredy T*
ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2018 In Press
57] Spatially-restricting bioorthogonal nucleoside biosynthesis enables selective metabolic labeling of the mitochondrial transcriptome.
Nguyen K, Aggarwal M, Feng C, Balderrama G, Fazio M, Mortazavi A, Spitale RC*
ACS Chemical Biology 2018 In Press
56] Improved analysis of RNA localization by spatially-restricted oxidation of RNA-protein complexes.
Li Y, Aggarwal MB, Nguyen K, Ke K, Spitale RC*
Biochemistry (ACS) 2018 In Press
Highlighted in the Biochemistry "News Flash"
55] Facile synthesis and evaluation of a dual-functioning furoyl probe for in-cell SHAPE.
Chan D^, Beasley S^, Zhen Y, Spitale RC*
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2018 In Press
54] Light-activated chemical probing of nucleobase solvent accessibility inside cells.
Feng C^, Chan D^, Joseph J, Muuronen M, Coldren WH, Dai N, Correa IR, Furche F, Hadad C, Spitale RC*
Nature Chemical Biology 2018 In Press
Highlighted in "News & Views" at Nature Chemical Biology
Highlighted in "Methods in Brief" at Nature Methods
53] Defining functional structured RNA inside living cells.
Chan D & Spitale RC*
Biochemistry (ACS) 2017 In Press
52] Assaying RNA localization in situ with spatially-restricted nucleobase oxidation.
Li Y, Aggarwal MB, Nguyen K, Ke K, Spitale RC*
ACS Chemical Biology 2017 In Press
51] Experience-dependent neural plasticity, learning, and memory in the era of epitranscriptomics.
Leighton LJ, Ke K, Zajaczkowski E, Edmunds J, Spitale RC, Bredy TW*
Genes, Brain and Behaviour 2017 In Press
50] Assaying RNA structure inside living cells with SHAPE.
Feng C, Chan D, Spitale RC*
Methods in Molecular Biology 2017 1648:247-256
49] High-throughput aptamer discovery through Apta-Seq and its application to genomic SELEX of human ATP aptamers.
Abdelsayed M, Ho B, Vu M, Spitale RC, Luptak A*
ACS Chemical Biology 2017 12(8):2149-2156.
48] EC-tagging allows cell type-specific RNA analysis.
Hida N, Aboukilila M, Burow D, Paul R, Greenberg M, Fazio M, Beasley S, Spitale RC, Cleary M*
Nucleic Acids Research 2017 45(15):e138.
47] Temporal labeling of nascent RNA using photo-click chemistry in live cells.
Nainar S, Kubota M, McNitt C, Tran C, Popik V, Spitale RC*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017 139(24):8090-8093.
46] Photo-controlled cell-specific metabolic labeling of RNA.
Feng C^, Li Y^, Spitale RC*
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 2017 15(24):5117-5120
45] Initial in vitro functional characterization of serum exosomal microRNAs from patients with metastatic basal cell carcinoma.
Chang J, Tran DC, Zhu GA, Li R, Whitson R, Kim YH, Gupta A, Afshari A, Antes T, Spitale RC*, Chang ALS*
British Journal of Dermatology 2017 In Press
44] Comparative analysis reveals furoyl in vivo SHAPE reagents form stable ribosyl ester adducts.
Chan D, Feng C, Zhen Y, Flynn RA, Spitale RC*
Biochemistry (ACS) 2017 56(13):1811-1814
43] MotifMap-RNA: A comprehensive map of RBP binding sites.
Yu L, Sun S, Wood M, Bredy TW, Spitale RC*, Baldi P*
Bioinformatics 2017 33(13):2029-2031.
42] Measuring RNA structure transcriptome-wide with icSHAPE.
Chan D, Feng C, Spitale RC*
Methods 2017 120:85-90
41] Cell-selective bioorthogonal metabolic labeling of RNA.
Nguyen K^, Fazio M^, Kubota M, Feng C, Nainar S, Li X, Atwood SX, Bredy TW, Spitale RC*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017 139(6):2148-2151
40] Novel gene expression profile of women with intrinsic skin youthfulness by whole-transcriptome sequencing.
Xu J, Spitale RC, Guan LL, Flynn RA, Torre EA, Li R, Raber I, Qu K, Kern D, Knaggs HE, Chang HY, Chang ALS*
PLoS ONE 2016 9;11(11).
39] Evolving insights into the qualitative nature of RNA and its functional diversity in the brain.
Nainar S, Marshall P, Spitale RC*, Bredy T*
Nature Neuroscience 2016 19(10):1292-8.
38] Metabolic incorporation of azide functionality into cellular RNA.
Nainar S, Beasley S, Fazio M, Kubota M, Spitale RC*
ChemBioChem 2016 17(22):2149-2152.
37] Chemical tools for dissecting the role of lncRNAs in epigenetic regulation.
Nainar S, Feng C, Spitale RC*
ACS Chemical Biology 2016 11(8):2091-100.
36] Defining the identity of mouse embryonic dermal fibroblasts.
Budnick I, Hamburg-Shields E, Chen D, Torre E, Jarrell A, Akhtar-Zaidi B, Cordovan O, Spitale RC, Scacheri P, Atit R*
Genesis 2016 54(8):415-30.
35] The CDKN2A/p16INK4a 5'UTR sequence and translational regulation: impact of novel variants predisposing to melanoma.
Andreotti V, Bisio A, Bressac de-Paillerets B, Harland M, Cabaret O, Newton-Bishop J, Pastorino L, Bruno W, Bertorelli R, De Sactis V, Menin C, Fronza G, Queirolo P, Spitale RC, Bianchi-Scarra G, Inga A*, Ghiorzo P.*
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2016 29(2):210-21.
34] Progress and challenges for chemical probing of RNA structure inside living cells.
Kubota M, Tran C, Spitale RC*
Nature Chemical Biology 2015 11(12):933-41.
33] The 5'-untranslated region of p16INK4a melanoma tumor suppressor acts as a cellular IRES, controls mRNA translation during hypoxic stress, and is a target of YBX1.
Bisio A, Latorre E, Ghiorzo P, Spitale RC, Provenzani A*, Inga A*
Oncotarget 2015 6(37):39980-94.
32] The emerging functions of regulatory RNA species in skin biology.
Beasley S, Pilkus M, Spitale RC*, Petersen I*
Experimental Dermatology 2015 24(11):827-8.
31] Merging chemistry and genomics to gain a holistic perspective on RNA structure.
Kubota M, Chan D, Spitale RC*
Bioessays 2015 37(10):1129-38.
This article was chosen as an "Issue Highlight" by Bioessays
Highlighted by Chemistry Views
30] Assessment of the genetic basis of rosacea by genome-wide association study.
Chang AL*, Raber I, Xu J, Li R, Spitale RC, Chen J, Kiefer AK, Tian C, Eriksson NK, Hinds DA, Tung JY.
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2015 135(6):1548-55.
29] Structural analysis of a class III preQ1 riboswitch reveals an aptamer distant from a ribosome-binding site regulated by fast dynamics.
Liberman JA , Suddala KC, Aytenfisu A , Chan D, Belashov I, Salim M, Mathews DH , Spitale RC , Walter NG, Wedekind JE*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2015
28] Technologies to probe functions and mechanisms of long noncoding RNAs.
Chu C, Spitale RC*, Chang HY*
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2015 22(1):29-35.
27] Molecular targets of aspirin and cancer prevention.
Alfonso L, Ai G, Spitale RC, Bhat GJ*
British Journal of Cancer 2014 111(1):61-7.
Papers from the Rob Spitale (University of Rochester and Stanford University)
26] The genetic architecture of age-dependent human pancreatic cell maturation.
Arda HE, Tsai J, Li L, Torre EA, Rosli Y, Spitale RC, Dai C, Qu K, Wang P, Wang J, Grompe M, Scharfmann R, Snyder MS, Bottino R, Powers A, Chang HY, Kim S*
Cell Metabolism 2016 23(5):909-20.
25] icSHAPE: transcriptome-wide interrogation of RNA secondary structure in living cells.
Flynn RA, Zhang QC, Spitale RC, Lee B, Mumbach M, Chang HY*
Nature Protocols 2015 11(2):273-90
24] Assessment of the genetic basis of rosacea by genome-wide association study.
Chang AL, Raber I, Xu J, Li R, Spitale RC, Chen J, Kiefer AK, Tian C, Eriksson NK, Hinds DA, Tung JY.
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2015 135(6):1548-55.
23] Technologies to probe functions and mechanisms of long noncoding RNAs.
Chu C, Spitale RC*, Chang HY*
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2015 22(1):29-35.
22] Dynamic landscape of RNA structures in vivo reveals principles of post-transcriptional regulation.
Spitale RC, Flynn RA, Zhang QC, Crisalli P, Jung J-W, Kuchelmeister H, Torre EA, Batista PJ, Kool ET, Chang HY
Nature 2015 519(7544):486-90.
Highlight in Nature Reviews Genetics
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21] Dissecting non-coding and pathogen RNA-protein interactomes.
Flynn RA, Martin LR, Spitale RC, Sarnow P, Sagan S, & Chang HY
RNA 2015 (1):135-43.
Highlight in Nature Reviews Genetics
20] RNA helicase DDX21 coordinates transcription and noncoding RNA processing of the ribosomal pathway.
Calo-Velazquez E, Flynn RA, Martin L, Spitale RC, Chang HY, Wysocka J
Nature 2014 Nov 24. doi: 10.1038/nature13923.
19] RNA structural analysis by evolving SHAPE chemistry.
Spitale RC, Flynn RA, Torre EA, Kool ET, Chang HY
WIRES RNA 2014 Nov-Dec;5(6):867-81
18] Landscape and variation of RNA secondary structure across the human transcriptome.
Wan Y, Qu K, Zhang QC, Flynn RA, Manor O, Ouyang Z, Zhang J, Spitale RC, Snyder MP, Segal E, Chang HY.
Nature 2014 Jan 30;505(7485):706-9.
Link to paper
17] Tandem stem-loops in roX RNAs act together to mediate X chromosome dosage compensation in Drosophila.
Ilik IA, Quinn JJ, Georgiev P, Tavares-Cadete F, Maticzka D, Toscano S, Wan Y, Spitale RC, Luscombe N, Backofen R, Chang HY, Akhtar A.
Molecular Cell 2013 Jul 25;51(2):156-73.
Highlight in Molecular Cell
16] Control of somatic tissue differentiation by the long non-coding RNA TINCR.
Kretz M, Siprashvili Z, Chu C, Webster DE, Zehnder A, Qu K, Lee CS, Flockhart RJ, Groff AF, Chow J, Johnston D, Kim GE, Spitale RC, Flynn RA, Zheng GX, Aiyer S, Raj A, Rinn JL, Chang HY, Khavari PA.
Nature 2013 Jan 10;493(7431):231-5.
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15] RNA SHAPE analysis in living cells.
Spitale RC, Crisalli P, Flynn RA, Torre EA, Kool ET, Chang HY.
Nature Chemical Biology 2013 Jan;9(1):18-20.
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14] Differential effects of dietary supplements on metabolomic profile of smokers versus non-smokers.
Spitale RC, Cheng MY, Chun KA, Gorell ES, Munoz CA, Kern DG, Wood SM, Knaggs HE, Wulff J, Beebe KD, Chang AL.
Genome Medicine 2012 Feb 23;4(2):14.
13] Understanding the transcriptome through RNA structure.
Wan Y, Kertesz M, Spitale RC, Segal E, Chang HY.
Nature Reviews Genetics 2011 Aug 18;12(9):641-55.
12] RNA templating the epigenome: long noncoding RNAs as molecular scaffolds.
Spitale RC, Tsai MC, Chang HY.
Epigenetics 2011 May;6(5):539-43.
11] Long intergenic noncoding RNAs: new links in cancer progression.
Tsai MC, Spitale RC, Chang HY.
Cancer Research 2011 Jan 1;71(1):3-7.
10] Direct Raman measurement of an elevated base pKa in the active site of a small ribozyme in a precatalytic conformation.
Guo M, Spitale RC, Volpini R, Krucinska J, Cristalli G, Carey PR, Wedekind JE.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009 Sep 16;131(36):12908-9.
Cited as a "Science and Technology Highlight" by C&E News
9] Single-atom imino substitutions at A9 and A10 reveal distinct effects on the fold and function of the hairpin ribozyme catalytic core.
Spitale RC, Volpini R, Mungillo MV, Krucinska J, Cristalli G, Wedekind JE.
Biochemistry (ACS) 2009 Aug 25;48(33):7777-9.
Chosen as a "Hot Paper" by Biochemistry
8] Exploring ribozyme conformational changes with X-ray crystallography.
Spitale RC, Wedekind JE.
Methods 2009 Oct;49(2):87-100.
7] Identification of an imino group indispensable for cleavage by a small ribozyme.
Spitale RC, Volpini R, Heller MG, Krucinska J, Cristalli G, Wedekind JE.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2009 May 6;131(17):6093-5.
6] The structural basis for recognition of the PreQ0 metabolite by an unusually small riboswitch aptamer domain.
Spitale RC, Torelli AT, Krucinska J, Bandarian V, Wedekind JE.
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2009 Apr 24;284(17):11012-6.
Highlited in JBC as the "Paper of the Week"
Rob Spitale and Andrew Torelli Highlight
5] Shared traits on the reaction coordinates of ribonuclease and an RNA enzyme.
Torelli AT, Spitale RC, Krucinska J, Wedekind JE.
Biohemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2008 Jun 20;371(1):154-8.
4] Efficient syntheses of 5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroguanosine and -inosine.
Spitale RC, Heller MG, Pelly AJ, Wedekind JE.
Journal of Organic Chemistry 2007 Oct 26;72(22):8551-4.
3] A posteriori design of crystal contacts to improve the X-ray diffraction properties of a small RNA enzyme.
MacElrevey C, Spitale RC, Krucinska J, Wedekind JE.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2007 Jul;63(Pt 7):812-25.
2] Single Step Synthesis of Functional Organic Receptors via a Tri-directional Minisci Reaction.
Palde PB, McNaughton BR, Ross NT, Gareiss PC, Mace CR, Spitale RC, Miller, BL
Synthesis 2007(15): 2287-2290
1] Improved and Highly Versatile Synthesis of 5-Aryltropones.
Potenziano J, Spitale RC, Janik, ME
Synthetic Communications 2005 35:15, 2005-2016