Mihaela Zavolan

Regulation of mRNA poly(A) tail length governs mammalian body plan formation in gastruloids

Abstract The establishment of the body plan during gastrulation represents a hallmark of animal life. It emerges from the interplay of gene-regulatory programs and positional cues, yet how these signals are integrated post-transcriptionally remains largely unexplored. Here, we co...

Mapping the NFYA 3′UTR landscape identifies alternative polyadenylation as a targetable vulnerability in prostate cancer

Abstract Background Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is increasingly recognized as a pervasive oncogenic mechanism that reshapes post-transcriptional gene regulation and promotes tumor aggressiveness. Whether APA contributes to the dysregulation of NFYA —encoding the regulatory...