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The translin-TRAX complex (C3PO) is a ribonuclease in tRNA processing.
Li L, Gu W, Liang C, Liu Q, Mello CC, Liu Y Nature structural & molecular biology 2012 Jul
Reconstitution of an Argonaute-Dependent Small RNA Biogenesis Pathway Reveals a Handover Mechanism Involving the RNA Exosome and the Exonuclease QIP.
Xue Z, Yuan H, Guo J, Liu Y Mol. Cell 2012 May 46 3 299-310
RNA interference in fungi: pathways, functions, and applications.
Dang Y, Yang Q, Xue Z, Liu Y Eukaryotic Cell 2011 Sep 10 9 1148-55
Diverse pathways generate microRNA-like RNAs and Dicer-independent small interfering RNAs in fungi.
Lee, H.C, L. Li, W. Gu, Z. Xue, S. K. Crosthwaite, A. Pertsemlidis, Z. A. Lewis, M. Freitag, E.U. Selker, C.C. Mello, and Y. Liu. Molecular Cell (cover article) 2010 38 803-814 (cover article)
The DNA/RNA-dependent RNA polymerase QDE-1 generates aberrant RNA and dsRNA for RNAi in a process requiring Replication Protein A and a DNA helicase
Lee, H.C., A.P. Aalto, Q. Yang, S. Chang, G. Huang, D. Fisher, J. Cha, M.M. Poranen, D.H. Bamford and Y. Liu PLOS Biology 2010 8/10 e1000496
Setting the pace of the Neurospora circadian clock by multiple independent FRQ phosphorylation events.
Tang CT, Li S, Long C, Cha J, Huang G, Li L, Chen S, Liu Y Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009 Jun 106 26
qiRNA is a new type of small interfering RNA induced by DNA damage
Lee HC, Chang SS, Choudhary S, Aalto AP, Maiti M, Bamford DH, Y. Liu. Nature (cover article) 2009 459 274-277. Cover Article
The Exosome Regulates Circadian Gene Expression in a Posttranscriptional Negative Feedback Loop
Guo J, Cheng P, Yuan H and Y Liu Cell 2009 138 1236-1246
Control of WHITE COLLAR localization by phosphorylation is a critical step in the circadian negative feedback process.
Cha J, Chang SS, Huang G, Cheng P, Liu Y EMBO J. 2008 Dec 27 24
Protein kinase A and casein kinases mediate sequential phosphorylation events in the circadian negative feedback loop.
Huang G, Chen S, Li S, Cha J, Long C, Li L, He Q, Liu Y Genes Dev. 2007 Dec 21 24