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May 2026; 32 (5)

Editorial

RNA Therapeutics and Disease

  • Uridine analogs prevent stress granule formation, not by blocking PKR recognition, but by inhibiting the synthesis of T7 RNA polymerase byproducts

    • Sean J. Ihn,
    • Emily Jiang,
    • Nevraj S. Kejiou,
    • Yifan E. Wang,
    • Laura Farlam-Williams,
    • Alexander F. Palazzo,
    • and Hyun O. Lee
    RNA May 2026 32: 539-554; Published in Advance January 22, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080481.125
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Bioinformatics and Databases

  • Identification of 3D motifs in Rfam with JAR3D

    • James Roll and
    • Craig L. Zirbel
    RNA May 2026 32: 555-567; Published in Advance January 26, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080764.125
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  • Codon bias shapes bacterial small RNA binding sites within protein-coding sequences

    • Shira Fisher and
    • Hanah Margalit
    RNA May 2026 32: 568-583; Published in Advance January 28, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080839.125
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  • MiSiPi.Rna: an integrated tool for characterizing small regulatory RNA processing

    • Taiya Jarva,
    • Chris Baugh,
    • Jialin Zhang,
    • Eric C. Lai,
    • and Alex Flynt
    RNA May 2026 32: 584-595; Published in Advance January 26, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080864.125

RNA and Gene Expression

  • The repertoire of binding specificities for two repeats in the RNA-binding domain of Drosophila Pumilio

    • Tammy H. Wharton and
    • Robin P. Wharton
    RNA May 2026 32: 596-611; Published in Advance February 4, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080791.125

  • PTBP1 controls miRNA loading on target RNAs: lessons from the CyCoNP lncRNA

    • Alessandro Grazzi,
    • Fabio Desideri,
    • and Irene Bozzoni
    RNA May 2026 32: 612-621; Published in Advance February 3, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080705.125
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  • Distribution and structural diversity of type IV internal ribosome entry sites

    • Katherine E. Segar,
    • Madeline E. Sherlock,
    • and Jeffrey S. Kieft
    RNA May 2026 32: 622-634; Published in Advance February 3, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080638.125

  • Localized regulation of cell junction mRNAs is required for epithelial cell integrity

    • Ashley Chin,
    • Jonathan Bergeman,
    • Laudine Communal,
    • Seda Barutcu,
    • Jonathan Boulais,
    • Gene W. Yeo,
    • Anne-Marie Mes-Masson,
    • and Eric Lécuyer
    RNA May 2026 32: 635-653; Published in Advance January 14, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080898.125

  • Structure-informed mutagenesis identifies combinatorial contributions to mouse insulin receptor IRES function

    • William B. Dahl,
    • Tammy C.T. Lan,
    • Silvia Rouskin,
    • and Michael T. Marr II
    RNA May 2026 32: 654-671; Published in Advance January 26, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080775.125
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  • Optimal stability of a highly conserved RNA G4 in PDCoV nsp8 supports viral proliferation

    • Puxian Fang,
    • Congbao Xie,
    • Ting Cheng,
    • Jingjing Sui,
    • Yan Cheng,
    • Tong Ding,
    • Jiahui Guo,
    • Yuhan Zhang,
    • Liurong Fang,
    • Dengguo Wei,
    • and Shaobo Xiao
    RNA May 2026 32: 672-687; Published in Advance January 26, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080834.125

  • Blocky proline/glutamine patterns in the SFPQ intrinsically disordered region dictate paraspeckle formation as a distinct membraneless organelle

    • Hiro Takakuwa,
    • Takao Yoda,
    • Tomohiro Yamazaki,
    • and Tetsuro Hirose
    RNA May 2026 32: 688-703; Published in Advance January 22, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080769.125

  • eRNAs modulate mRNA stability and translation efficiency to bridge transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation

    • Rene Kuklinkova,
    • Natalia Benova,
    • and Chinedu A. Anene
    RNA May 2026 32: 704-723; Published in Advance February 3, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080681.125

  • RK-33 inhibits the OC43 coronavirus and induces stress granules via DDX3X-independent mechanisms

    • Cody J.S. Hecht and
    • Roy R. Parker
    RNA May 2026 32: 724-735; Published in Advance January 30, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080931.125
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  • Complementary DNA oligonucleotide direct in-gel quantification (cDINGQ) for precise tRNA fragment analysis

    • Marko Jörg,
    • Marco Kristen,
    • Lukas Walz,
    • Christine Lietz,
    • Max Müller,
    • Sebastian Nathal,
    • Virginie Marchand,
    • Yuri Motorin,
    • Marie-Luise Winz,
    • Mark Helm,
    • and Kristina Friedland
    RNA May 2026 32: 736-756; Published in Advance January 29, 2026, doi:10.1261/rna.080749.125

Corrigendum

  • Corrigendum: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

    • Miguel Angel Rubio Gomez and
    • Michael Ibba
    RNA May 2026 32: 757; doi:10.1261/rna.080972.126
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May 2026; 32 (5)
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  1. Editorial
  2. RNA Therapeutics and Disease
  3. Bioinformatics and Databases
  4. RNA and Gene Expression
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