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Meehan J, McDermott SM, Ivens A, Goodall Z, Chen Z, Yu Z, Woo J, Rodshagen T, McCleskey L, Sechrist R, Stuart K, Zeng L, Rouskin S, Savill NJ, Schnaufer A, Zhang X, Cruz-Reyes J. Trypanosome RNA helicase KREH2 differentially controls non-canonical editing and putative repressive structure via a novel proposed 'bifunctional' gRNA in mRNA A6. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Jul 21;51(13):6944-6965.

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Kumar V, Ivens A, Goodall Z, Meehan J, Doharey PK, Hillhouse A, Hurtado DO, Cai JJ, Zhang X, Schnaufer A, Cruz-Reyes J. Site-specific and substrate-specific control of accurate mRNA editing by a helicase complex in trypanosomes.    RNA. 2020 Dec;26(12):1862-1881.

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Aphasizheva I, Alfonzo J, Carnes J, Cestari I, Cruz-Reyes J, Göringer HU, Hajduk S, Lukeš J, Madison-Antenucci S, Maslov DA, McDermott SM, Ochsenreiter T, Read LK, Salavati R, Schnaufer A, Schneider A, Simpson L, Stuart K, Yurchenko V, Zhou ZH, Zíková A, Zhang L, Zimmer S, Aphasizhev R. Lexis and Grammar of Mitochondrial RNA Processing in Trypanosomes. 

Trends Parasitol. 2020 Apr;36(4):337-355.

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Chenna BC, Li L, Mellott DM, Zhai X, Siqueira-Neto JL, Calvet Alvarez C, Bernatchez JA, Desormeaux E, Alvarez Hernandez E, Gomez J, McKerrow JH, Cruz-Reyes J, Meek TD. Peptidomimetic Vinyl Heterocyclic Inhibitors of Cruzain Effect Antitrypanosomal Activity. J Med Chem. 2020 Mar 26;63(6):3298-3316. 

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Kumar V, Doharey PK, Gulati S, Meehan J, Martinez MG, Hughes K, Mooers BHM, Cruz-Reyes J. Protein features for assembly of the RNA editing helicase 2 subcomplex (REH2C) in Trypanosome holo-editosomes. PLoS One. 2019 Apr 29;14(4):e0211525.

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Jorge Cruz-Reyes & Michael W. Gray. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology

Springer-Verlag. 2018, pages 1-249.

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Cruz-Reyes J., Mooers B.H.M., Kumar V., Doharey P.K., Meehan J., Chaparro L. Control Mechanisms of the Holo-Editosome in Trypanosomes. In: Cruz-Reyes J., Gray M. (eds) RNA Metabolism in Mitochondria. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 34. Springer, Cham. 2018 

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Cruz-Reyes J, Mooers BHM, Doharey PK, Meehan J, Gulati S. Dynamic RNA holo-editosomes with subcomplex variants: Insights into the control of trypanosome editing. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA. 2018 Nov;9(6):e1502. 

 

 

Cruz-Reyes J., Mooers B.H.M., Kumar V., Doharey P.K., Meehan J., Chaparro L.(2018) Control Mechanisms of the Holo-Editosome in Trypanosomes. In: Cruz-Reyes J., Gray M. (eds) RNA Metabolism in Mitochondria. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 34. Springer, Cham.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78190-7_5
 

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Cruz-Reyes, J, Mooers, BH, Abu-Adas, Z, Kumar, V, Gulati, S. DEAH-RHA helicase•Znf cofactor systems in kinetoplastid RNA editing and evolutionarily distant RNA processes. RNA Dis. 2016;3(2). pii: e1336. 

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Kumar V, Madina BR, Gulati S, Vashisht AA, Kanyumbu C, Pieters B, Shakir A, Wohlschlegel JA, Read LK, Mooers BH, Cruz-Reyes J. REH2C Helicase and GRBC Subcomplexes May Base Pair through mRNA and Small Guide RNA in Kinetoplastid Editosomes. J. Biol. Chem. 2016 Mar 11;291 (11):5753-64. 

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Madina, BR, Kumar, V, Mooers, BH, Cruz-Reyes, J. Native Variants of the MRB1 Complex Exhibit Specialized Functions in Kinetoplastid RNA Editing. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 30;10(4):e0123441.

 

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Madina, BR, Kumar, V, Metz, R, Mooers, BH, Bundschuh, R, Cruz-Reyes, J. Native mitochondrial RNA-binding complexes in kinetoplastid RNA editing differ in guide RNAcomposition. RNA. 2014;20 (7):1142-52. 

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Madina BR, Kuppan G, Vashisht AA, Liang YH, Downey KM, Wohlschlegel JA, Ji X, Sze SH, Sacchettini JC, Read LK, Cruz-Reyes J. Guide RNA biogenesis involves a novel RNase III family endoribonuclease in Trypanosoma brucei. RNA. 2011;17 (10):1821-30. 

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Reifur, L, Yu, LE, Cruz-Reyes, J, Vanhartesvelt, M, Koslowsky, DJ. The impact of mRNA structure on guide RNA targeting in kinetoplastid RNA editing. PLoS ONE. 2010;5 (8):e12235. 

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Simpson, L, Aphasizhev, R, Lukes, J, Cruz-Reyes, J. Guide to the nomenclature of kinetoplastid RNA editing: a proposal. Protist. 2010;161 (1):2-6. 

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Hernandez A, Madina BR, Ro K, Wohlschlegel JA, Willard B, Kinter MT, Cruz-Reyes J. REH2 RNA helicase in kinetoplastid mitochondria: ribonucleoprotein complexes and essential motifs for unwinding and guide RNA (gRNA) binding. J. Biol. Chem. 2010;285 (2):1220-8. ​

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Hernandez, A, Panigrahi, A, Cifuentes-Rojas, C, Sacharidou, A, Stuart, K, Cruz-Reyes, J. Determinants for association and guide RNA-directed endonuclease cleavage by purified RNA editing complexes from Trypanosoma brucei. J. Mol. Biol. 2008;381 (1):35-48. 

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Alatortsev, VS, Cruz-Reyes, J, Zhelonkina, AG, Sollner-Webb, B. Trypanosoma brucei RNA editing: coupled cycles of U deletion reveal processive activity of the editing complex. Mol. Cell. Biol. 2008;28 (7):2437-45. 

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