Phan N, Pawlica P. Viral non-coding RNAs hijack host Pumilio proteins to regulate host transcripts. bioRxiv. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.27.691032
Phan N*, Zaytseva Y*, Lin CC, Mishra M, Sun W, Pawlica P. PUM2 binds SARS-CoV-2 RNA and PUM1 mildly reduces viral RNA levels, but neither protein affects progeny virus production. J Gen Virol. 2025;106(9). PMID: 40956600. (*contributed equally)
Pawlica P*, Yario TA, White S, Wang J, Moss WN, Hui P, Vinetz JM, Steitz JA. SARS-CoV-2 expresses a microRNA-like small RNA able to selectively repress host genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118. PMID: 34903581. (*co-corresponding author)
Pawlica P, Sheu-Gruttadauria J, MacRae IJ, Steitz JA. How complementary targets expose the microRNA 3′ end for tailing and trimming during target-directed microRNA degradation. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol. 2020. PMID: 32019864.
Sheu-Gruttadauria J*, Pawlica P*, Klum SM, Wang S, Yario TA, Schirle-Oakdale NT, Steitz JA, MacRae IJ. Structural basis for target-directed microRNA degradation. Mol Cell. 2019;75(6):1243-1255. PMID: 31353209. (*contributed equally)
Withers JB, Mondol V, Pawlica P, Rosa-Mercado NA, Tycowski KT, Ghasempur S, Torabi SF, Steitz JA. Idiosyncrasies of viral noncoding RNAs provide insights into host cell biology. Annu Rev Virol. 2019;6(1):297-317. PMID: 31039329.
Pawlica P, Moss WN, Steitz JA. Host miRNA degradation by Herpesvirus saimiri small nuclear RNA requires an unstructured interacting region. RNA. 2016;22(8):1181-1189. PMID: 27335146.
Pawlica P, Dufour C, Berthoux L. Inhibition of microtubules and dynein rescues HIV-1 from owl monkey TRIMCyp-mediated restriction in a cellular context-specific fashion. J Gen Virol. 2015;96(Pt 4):874-886. PMID: 25502651.
Pawlica P, Le Sage V, Poccardi N, Tremblay MJ, Mouland AJ, Berthoux L. Functional evidence for the involvement of microtubules and dynein motor complexes in TRIM5α-mediated restriction of retroviruses. J Virol. 2014;88(10):5661-5676. PMID: 24600008.
Pawlica P, Berthoux L. Cytoplasmic dynein promotes HIV-1 uncoating. Viruses. 2014;6(11):4195-4211. PMID: 25375884.
Veillette M, Bichel K, Pawlica P, Freund SM, Plourde MB, Pham QT, Reyes-Moreno C, James LC, Berthoux L. The V86M mutation in HIV-1 capsid confers resistance to TRIM5α by abrogation of cyclophilin A-dependent restriction and enhancement of viral nuclear import. Retrovirology. 2013;10:25. PMID: 23448277.
Pham QT, Veillette M, Brandariz-Nuñez A, Pawlica P, Thibert-Lefebvre C, Chandonnet N, Diaz-Griffero F, Berthoux L. A novel amino acid determinant of HIV-1 restriction in the TRIM5α variable 1 region isolated in a random mutagenic screen. Virus Res. 2013;173(2):306-314. PMID: 23357295.