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INTRODUCTION
RNP Granules in Health and Disease
Roy Parker
3'UTRs Regulate Protein Functions by Providing a Nurturing Niche during Protein Synthesis
Christine Mayr

GLOBAL ANALYSES AND STRUCTURES
Zipcode Binding Protein 1 (ZBP1; IGF2BP1): A Model for Sequence Specific RNA Regulation
Jeetayu Biswas, Leti Nunez, Sulagna Das, Young J. Yoon, Carolina Eliscovich, and Robert H. Singer
Coordination of RNA Processing Events In Vivo
Karla M. Neugebauer
The Intrinsic Structure of poly(A) RNA Determines the Specificity of Deadenylation
Lori A. Passmore
Genome Regulation by Long Noncoding RNAs
Furqan M. Fazal, Howard Y. Chang

REGULATION OF RNA FUNCTIONS
The THO Complex as a Paradigm for the Prevention of co-Transcriptional R-Loops
Rosa Luna, Ana G. Rond?n, Carmen P?rez-Calero, Irene Salas-Armenteros, and Andr?s Aguilera
LSM2-8 and XRN-2 Contribute to the Silencing of H3K27me3-Marked Genes through Targeted RNA Decay
Susan M. Gasser
Telescripting-U1 snRNP Suppression of Premature Transcription Termination as a New Layer of Gene Regulation
Gideon Dreyfuss
Nonsense-mediated mRNA Decay in Health and Disease
Lynn E. Maquat

GENE REGULATION
Mechanistic Dissection of RNA Binding Proteins in Regulated Gene Expression at Chromatin Levels
Jia-Yu Chen, Do-Hwan Lim, and Xiang-Dong Fu
Linking RNA Processing and Function
Run-Wen Yao, Chu-Xiao Liu, and Ling-Ling Chen
Attenuation of Eukaryotic Protein-Coding Gene Expression via Premature Transcription Termination
Deirdre C. Tatomer and Jeremy E. Wilusz

RNA AND DISEASE
Functional and Mechanistic Interplay of Host and Viral Alternative Splicing Regulation during Influenza Infection
Matthew G. Thompson and Kristen W. Lynch
Cell-specific RNA CLIP
Robert B. Darnell

SMALL RNAs AND DEFENSE SYSTEMS
How Complementary Targets Expose the MicroRNA 3' End for Tailing and Trimming during Target-Directed MicroRNA Degradation
Paulina Pawlica, Jessica Sheu-Gruttadauria, Ian J. MacRae, and Joan A. Steitz
Dicer's Helicase Domain: A Meeting Place for Regulatory Proteins
Sarah R. Hansen, Adedeji M. Aderounmu, Helen M. Donelick, and Brenda L. Bass
Molecular and Structural Basis of the Interaction of Gtsf1/arx with tRNA in the piRNA Pathway
Leemor Joshua-Tor
Mechanisms of RNA Channeling from DNA Transcription to Argonaute Loading in the siRNA-directed DNA Methylation
Craig S. Pikaard

DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION
Transposable Elements in Early Mammalian Development-Do They Burst?
Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla

CONDENSATES AND PHASE SEPARATION
Regulation of Heterochromatin Condensates by RNA and DNA
G.J. Narlikar
Architectural RNAs for Membraneless Nuclear Body Formation
Tomohiro Yamazaki, Shinichi Nakagawa, and Tetsuro Hirose
RNA Organization within Phase Transitioned Germ Granules
Ruth Lehmann

CHROMATIN AND RNA
The Chromosomal Impact of small RNAs
Robert A. Martienssen
Molecular Mechanisms of poly(A) Tail Length Regulation
Elena Conti
Long Noncoding RNAs in Development and Regeneration of the Neural Lineage
Hadas Nezroni, Rotem Ben Tov Perry, and Igor Ulitsky

SUMMARY
Gideon Dreyfuss

Index