Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11703092›Full record

ArticleMolecular cell biology research communications : MCBRC2001

Isolation and characterization of pmk-(1-3): three p38 homologs in Caenorhabditis elegans.

K Berman, J McKay, L Avery, M Cobb

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Molecular cell biology research communications : MCBRC, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. AScience signaling · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K BermanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
J McKay
L Avery
M Cobb
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF STE20-RELATED PROTEIN KINASESR01GM053032 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI COBB, MELANIE H. · 1995 to 2012
$4.6M
Genetics of nematode pharyngeal muscle excitabilityR37HL046154 · NHLBI · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI AVERY, LEON · 2004 to 2013
$2.8M
GENETICS OF NEMATODE PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE EXCITABILITYR01HL046154 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI AVERY, LEON · 1991 to 2003
$957k
NHLBI NIH HHS HL 46154NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL046154NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL046154NIGMS NIH HHS GM 53032NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

p38, a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) superfamily, is activated in response to a variety of cellular stresses and ligands. Since the genome of the nematode C. elegans has been sequenced, we sought to identify and characterize the nematode homolog of mammalian p38. By sequence analysis and RT-PCR, we isolated cDNAs encoding three kinases, PMK-1, PMK-2, and PMK-3, which we call p38 map kinases due to their high sequence identity with p38. The three genes are contiguous on chromosome IV and comprise an operon. By use of a GFP reporter, we found that the promoter of the pmks is active throughout the intestine. An active form of MAPK/ERK kinase 6 (MEK6) phosphorylated and activated recombinant PMK-1 and PMK-2 in vitro. PMK-1 and PMK-2 phosphorylated activating transcription factor-2 (ATF-2), indicating an activity similar to mammalian p38. When transfected into mammalian cells, these kinases, like p38, are stimulated by osmotic stresses.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFungal ProteinsActivating Transcription Factor 2Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCell LineCloning, MolecularCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDNA, ComplementaryElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansIntestinal MucosaLuminescent ProteinsActivating Transcription Factor 2ATF2 protein, humanCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCalcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein KinasesCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDNA, ComplementaryFungal ProteinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMAP2K6 protein, humanMAP Kinase Kinase 6Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinasesp38 Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesPmk1 protein, Magnaporthe griseapmk-2 protein, C eleganspmk-3 protein, C elegansRecombinant ProteinsRNATranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID11703092
PMCPMC4460246
OpenAlexW2073294680

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.