• AtHESPERIN: A novel regulator of circadian rhythms with poly(A)-degrading activity in plants 

      Delis C., Krokida A., Tomatsidou A., Tsikou D., Beta R.A.A., Tsioumpekou M., Moustaka J., Stravodimos G., Leonidas D.D., Balatsos N.A.A., Papadopoulou K.K. (2016)
      We report the identification and characterization of a novel gene, AtHesperin (AtHESP) that codes for a deadenylase in Arabidopsis thaliana. The gene is under circadian clock-gene regulation and has similarity to the ...
    • Inhibition of mRNA deadenylation by the nuclear cap binding complex (CBC) 

      Balatsos, N. A. A.; Nilsson, P.; Mazza, C.; Cusack, S.; Virtanen, A. (2006)
      Poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN) is a cap-interacting and poly(A)-specific 3′-exoribonuclease. Here we have investigated how the cap binding complex (CBC) affects human PARN activity. We showed that CBC, via its 80-kDa ...
    • Tales around the clock: Poly(A) tails in circadian gene expression 

      Beta R.A.A., Balatsos N.A.A. (2018)
      Circadian rhythms are ubiquitous time-keeping processes in eukaryotes with a period of ~24 hr. Light is perhaps the main environmental cue (zeitgeber) that affects several aspects of physiology and behaviour, such as ...