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ReviewGene expression2002

Unconventional rules of small nuclear RNA transcription and cap modification in trypanosomatids.

Christian Tschudi, Elisabetta Ullut

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In one paragraph

Review in Gene expression, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic analysis ofGenome research · 2021
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  2. The vault RNA ofThe Journal of biological chemistry · 2019
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  8. Cell biology of the trypanosome genome.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2010
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  14. Characterization of the Trypanosoma brucei cap hypermethylase Tgs1.Molecular and biochemical parasitology · 2007
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  18. Evolutionary patterns of non-coding RNAs.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2005
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Christian TschudiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8022, USA. christian.tschudi@yale.edu
Elisabetta Ullut
Yale University · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTION AND RNA PROCESSING IN TRYPANOSOMESR01AI028798 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TSCHUDI, CHRISTIAN · 1990 to 2020
$10.9M
RNA CAPPING IN TRYPANOSOMESR01AI043594 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TSCHUDI, CHRISTIAN · 1998 to 2012
$4.5M
RNA METABOLISM IN TRYPANOSOMESR37AI028798 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ULLU, ELISABETTA · 2010 to 2013
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS AI28798NIAID NIH HHS AI43594NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI028798NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI043594NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI028798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on the spliced leader (SL) RNA and uridylic acid-rich small nuclear RNAs (U-snRNAs) involved in pre-mRNA processing in trypanosomatid protozoa, with particular emphasis on the mechanism of transcription and cap formation. The SL RNA plays a central role in mRNA biogenesis by providing the unique cap 4 structure to the 5' end of all mRNAs by trans-splicing. The trimethylguanosine capped U-snRNAs, on the other hand, represent an unusual example among eukaryotic snRNAs in that they are transcribed by RNA polymerase III. This implies the existence of a distinctive mechanism for capping enzyme selection by the transcriptional machinery. Furthermore, the transcription units of U-snRNA genes offer yet another example of the variety of choices that have been established during eukaryotic evolution, namely that an upstream tRNA gene or tRNA-like gene provides extragenic promoter elements for a downstream small RNA gene.

Indexed as

RNA SplicingTranscription, GeneticAnimalsDinucleoside PhosphatesEvolution, MolecularGenesGenes, OverlappingMethyltransferasesPromoter Regions, GeneticProtozoan ProteinsRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA CapsRNA Polymerase IIRNA PrecursorsRNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional16S rRNA - m7G methyltransferase7-methyl-diguanosine triphosphateDinucleoside PhosphatesMethyltransferasesProtozoan ProteinsRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA CapsRNA Polymerase IIRNA PrecursorsRNA, ProtozoanRNA, Small NuclearRNA, Spliced LeaderRNA, Transfer

Identifiers

PMID11868986
PMCPMC5977529
OpenAlexW1489775030

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