Belasco Lab Publications

Investigators in the Belasco Lab at NYU Langone frequently publish their research in peer-reviewed publications. Read the latest papers to learn more about our work.

Selected Publications

Molecular basis for noncanonical transcription initiation from Np₄A alarmones

Duan, Wenqian; Kaushik, Abhishek; Unarta, Ilona C; Wu, Yue; Liu, Mengjie M J; Weaver, Jacob W; Wang, Bing; Rice, William J; Luciano, Daniel J; Belasco, Joel G; Huang, Xuhui; Nudler, Evgeny; Serganov, Alexander

Nature chemical biology. 2025 Oct 15;

5'-terminal glycosylation of protein-coding transcripts: An epitranscriptomic modification that prolongs mRNA lifetimes

Banerjee, Tithi; Luciano, Daniel J; Belasco, Joel G

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2025 Oct 14; 122:e2519788122

ApaH decaps Np₄N-capped RNAs in two alternative orientations

Nuthanakanti, Ashok; Korn, Megan; Levenson-Palmer, Rose; Wu, Yue; Babu, Nandhini Rajesh; Huang, Xuhui; Banh, Robert S; Belasco, Joel G; Serganov, Alexander

Nature chemical biology. 2025 Aug 11;

RNase E searches for cleavage sites in RNA by linear diffusion: direct evidence from single-molecule FRET

Banerjee, Tithi; Rothenberg, Eli; Belasco, Joel G

Nucleic acids research. 2024 Jun 24; 52:6674-6686

Graded impact of obstacle size on scanning by RNase E

Richards, Jamie; Belasco, Joel G

Nucleic acids research. 2023 Feb 22; 51:1364-1374

PABLO-QA: A sensitive assay for quantifying monophosphorylated RNA 5' ends

Richards, Jamie; Belasco, Joel G

STAR protocols. 2022 Jun 17; 3:101190

Microbial byproducts determine reproductive fitness of free-living and parasitic nematodes

Venzon, Mericien; Das, Ritika; Luciano, Daniel J; Burnett, Julia; Park, Hyun Shin; Devlin, Joseph Cooper; Kool, Eric T; Belasco, Joel G; Hubbard, E Jane Albert; Cadwell, Ken

Cell host & microbe. 2022 Jun 08; 30:786-797.e8

A distinct RNA recognition mechanism governs Np₄ decapping by RppH

Levenson-Palmer, Rose; Luciano, Daniel J; Vasilyev, Nikita; Nuthanakanti, Ashok; Serganov, Alexander; Belasco, Joel G

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). 2022 Feb 08; 119:

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