Ronald R. Breaker

Université Alassane Ouattara — CI

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(236), RNA modifications and cancer(103), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(94), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques(59), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(47)

Publications295 total

Miniature NAD <sup>+</sup> -II riboswitches control bacterial genes for nicotinamide salvage and de novo NAD <sup>+</sup> biosynthesis
RNA·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Author Correction: Guanidine aptamers are present in vertebrate RNAs associated with calcium signaling and neuromuscular function
Nature Communications·2025Open Access
Guanidine aptamers are present in vertebrate RNAs associated with calcium signaling and neuromuscular function
Nature Communications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Implications for OLE RNA as a natural integral membrane RNA
RNA·2025Open Access
Evidence that ribosomal protein bS21 is a component of the OLE ribonucleoprotein complex
RNA Biology·2025Open Access
Decoding the Complex Functional Landscape of the <i>ykkC</i> Riboswitches
Biochemistry·2025
Improved methods for genetic manipulation of the alkaliphile Halalkalibacterium halodurans
Frontiers in Microbiology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Prospects for Riboswitches in Drug Development
Methods and principles in medicinal chemistry·2024· 3 cited
Engineered Branaplam Aptamers Exploit Structural Elements from Natural Riboswitches
ACS Chemical Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Bioinformatic prediction of proteins relevant to functions of the bacterial OLE ribonucleoprotein complex
mSphere·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
The discovery of novel noncoding RNAs in 50 bacterial genomes
Nucleic Acids Research·2024· 17 citedOpen Access
Genetic disruption of the bacterial<i>raiA</i>motif noncoding RNA causes defects in sporulation and aggregation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
Disruption of the bacterial OLE RNP complex impairs growth on alternative carbon sources
PNAS Nexus·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
A spermidine riboswitch class in bacteria exploits a close variant of an aptamer for the enzyme cofactor S-adenosylmethionine
Cell Reports·2023· 12 citedOpen Access
8-oxoguanine riboswitches in bacteria detect and respond to oxidative DNA damage
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
Evidence that OLE RNA is a component of a major stress‐responsive ribonucleoprotein particle in extremophilic bacteria
Molecular Microbiology·2023· 14 citedOpen Access
A conserved uORF in the ilvBNC mRNA of Corynebacterium species regulates ilv operon expression
Microbial Genomics·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Riboswitches
Current Biology·2023· 59 citedOpen Access
Screening for small molecule inhibitors of SAH nucleosidase using an SAH riboswitch
Analytical Biochemistry·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
Exploiting natural riboswitches for aptamer engineering and validation
Nucleic Acids Research·2023· 46 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Narasimhan Sudarsan(13), Wade C. Winkler(9), Zasha Weinberg(9), Jeffrey E. Barrick(8), Adam Roth(7), Ali Nahvi(5), Maumita Mandal(5), J. Kenneth Wickiser(4), Keith A. Corbino(3), Gerald F. Joyce(2), Jennifer A. Collins(2), Margaret S. Ebert(2), Ryan H. Moy(2), Smadar Cohen‐Chalamish(2), Alexander Serganov(2), Anna Polonskaia(2), Anh Tuân Phan(2), Dinshaw J. Patel(2), Garrett A. Soukup(2), Mark N. Lee(2)