The ENE (element for nuclear expression) is a cis-acting RNA structure that protects viral or cellular noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) from nuclear decay through triple-helix formation with the poly(A) tail or 3'-terminal A-rich tract. We expanded the roster of nine known ENEs by bioinformatic identification of ∼200 distinct ENEs that reside in transposable elements (TEs) of numerous non-metazoan and o...

The reactions of n-hexyn-1-ylsilanes or arylethyn-1-ylsilanes, bearing methyl groups and one (2), two (3) or three hydride functions (4) at the silicon atom, with triallylborane 1 lead primarily to products of 1,1or 1,2-allylboration. In the alkenes (5, 9, 13) formed by stereoselective 1,1-allylboration, with the silyl and the diallylboryl groups in cis-positions at the C=C bond an electron-def...