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59
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Overview

Richard J. Maraia is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant concentration in Molecular Biology as a subfield.

The scientist's work encompasses several key research areas, including:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA research and splicing
  • Viral infections and immunology research
  • Bone metabolism and diseases
  • Bone health and treatments
  • CRISPR and genetic engineering

Frequent collaborators of Richard J. Maraia include:

  • Sandy Mattijssen
  • James Iben
  • Alan C. Kessler
  • Amitabh Ranjan
  • Sergei Gaidamakov

Their publications are often featured in the following scientific venues:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • RNA Biology
  • Nature Communications

Examples of their recent papers include:

  • "Cell surface-bound La protein regulates the cell fusion stage of osteoclastogenesis," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "A call for direct sequencing of full-length RNAs to identify all modifications," 2021, Nature Genetics
  • "LARP1 and LARP4: up close with PABP for mRNA 3' poly(A) protection and stabilization," 2021, RNA Biology
  • "The nuclear and cytoplasmic activities of RNA polymerase III, and an evolving transcriptome for surveillance," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "Single molecule poly(A) tail-seq shows LARP4 opposes deadenylation throughout mRNA lifespan with most impact on short tails," 2020, eLife

Best Publications

  • A Role for TFIIIC Transcription Factor Complex in Genome Organization

    Ken-ichi Noma;Hugh P. Cam;Richard J. Maraia;Shiv I.S. Grewal

  • A La-related protein modulates 7SK snRNP integrity to suppress P-TEFb-dependent transcriptional elongation and tumorigenesis

    Nanhai He;Nadine S. Jahchan;Eunmee Hong;Qiang Li

  • BCR/ABL activates mdm2 mRNA translation via the La antigen

    Rossana Trotta;Tatiana Vignudelli;Olivia Candini;Robert V. Intine

  • Eukaryotic transcription termination factor La mediates transcript release and facilitates reinitiation by RNA polymerase III.

    Richard J. Maraia;Daniel J. Kenan;Jack D. Keene

  • Alu transcripts: cytoplasmic localisation and regulation by DNA methylation

    Wen-Man Liu;Richard J. Maraia;Carol M. Rubin;Carl W. Schmid

  • Transcriptional regulation and transpositional selection of active SINE sequences.

    Carl Schmid;Richard Maraia

  • Conserved and divergent features of the structure and function of La and La-related proteins (LARPs).

    Mark A. Bayfield;Ruiqing Yang;Richard J. Maraia;Richard J. Maraia

  • Comparison of the RNA polymerase III transcription machinery in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human

    Ying Huang;Richard J. Maraia

  • Recognition of Nascent RNA by the Human La Antigen: Conserved and Divergent Features of Structure and Function

    Richard J. Maraia;Robert V. A. Intine

  • 5′ Processing of tRNA Precursors Can Be Modulated by the Human La Antigen Phosphoprotein

    Hao Fan;John L. Goodier;Joel R. Chamberlain;David R. Engelke

  • The La and related RNA-binding proteins (LARPs): structures, functions, and evolving perspectives

    Richard J. Maraia;Richard J. Maraia;Sandy Mattijssen;Isabel Cruz-Gallardo;Maria R. Conte

  • 3′ processing of eukaryotic precursor tRNAs

    Richard J. Maraia;Richard J. Maraia;Tek N. Lamichhane

  • La-related protein 4 binds poly(A), interacts with the poly(A)-binding protein MLLE domain via a variant PAM2w motif, and can promote mRNA stability.

    Ruiqing Yang;Sergei A. Gaidamakov;Jingwei Xie;Joowon Lee

  • Transcription termination factor La is also an initiation factor for RNA polymerase III.

    Richard J. Maraia

  • Differential Phosphorylation and Subcellular Localization of La RNPs Associated with Precursor tRNAs and Translation-Related mRNAs

    Robert V. Intine;Scott A. Tenenbaum;Amy L. Sakulich;Jack D. Keene

  • Transcription termination by the eukaryotic RNA polymerase III.

    Aneeshkumar G. Arimbasseri;Keshab Rijal;Richard J. Maraia;Richard J. Maraia

  • Defective i6A37 Modification of Mitochondrial and Cytosolic tRNAs Results from Pathogenic Mutations in TRIT1 and Its Substrate tRNA

    John W. Yarham;Tek N. Lamichhane;Angela Pyle;Sandy Mattijssen

  • Phosphorylation of the Human La Antigen on Serine 366 Can Regulate Recycling of RNA Polymerase III Transcription Complexes

    Hao Fan;Amy L Sakulich;John L Goodier;Xiaolong Zhang

  • Control of Transfer RNA Maturation by Phosphorylation of the Human La Antigen on Serine 366

    Robert V.A. Intine;Amy L. Sakulich;Shashi B. Koduru;Ying Huang

  • A conserved mechanism of TOR-dependent RCK-mediated mRNA degradation regulates autophagy

    Guowu Hu;Travis McQuiston;Amelie Bernard;Yoon Dong Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Koichi Kawakami
Koichi Kawakami National Institute of Genetics
Gretchen J. Darlington
Gretchen J. Darlington Baylor College of Medicine
Kalle Gehring
Kalle Gehring McGill University
Philip J. Farabaugh
Philip J. Farabaugh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Peter R. Williamson
Peter R. Williamson National Institutes of Health
Timothy G. Myers
Timothy G. Myers National Institutes of Health
Carl W. Schmid
Carl W. Schmid University of California, Davis
Martha Kirby
Martha Kirby National Institutes of Health
Bruno Calabretta
Bruno Calabretta Thomas Jefferson University
John H. Kehrl
John H. Kehrl National Institutes of Health

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