Involvement of a Toxoplasma DEAD-box RNA Helicase in Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation
Bibliographic record
Abstract
RNA helicases are vital components of various pathways for post-transcriptional gene regulation. TgHoDI is a newly identified member of the DEAD-box RNA helicase family in Toxoplasma gondii. This study was aimed at characterizing the function of TgHoDI in post-transcriptional regulation during various stages of the parasite life cycle. Through immunofluorescence analyses, TgHoDI was found to colocalize with mRNA aggregates in cytoplasmic foci. Furthermore, colocalization studies of TgHoDI with PABPC3 identified these proteins as components of RNA aggregates known as stress granules. Cycloheximide and arsenite treatment of extracellular parasites revealed the presence of mechanisms involved in the determination of mRNA fate in Toxoplasma. Also, TgHoDI was found to functionally compliment the temperature sensitive phenotype in Δdhh1 yeast, validating its role in stress response. These findings confirm that TgHoDI is a vital component in the formation of stress granules and possibly involved in the mechanisms of post-transcriptional gene regulation.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".