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ReviewThe EMBO journal2003

Structure, function and evolution of the signal recognition particle.

Kiyoshi Nagai, Chris Oubridge, Andreas Kuglstatter, Elena Menichelli, Catherine Isel, Luca Jovine

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Review in The EMBO journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
68citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 174 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kiyoshi NagaiMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. kn@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Chris Oubridge
Andreas Kuglstatter
Elena Menichelli
Catherine Isel
Luca Jovine
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The signal recognition particle (SRP) is a ribonucleoprotein particle essential for the targeting of signal peptide-bearing proteins to the prokaryotic plasma membrane or the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane for secretion or membrane insertion. SRP binds to the signal peptide emerging from the exit site of the ribosome and forms a ribosome nascent chain (RNC)-SRP complex. The RNC-SRP complex then docks in a GTP-dependent manner with a membrane-anchored SRP receptor and the protein is translocated across or integrated into the membrane through a channel called the translocon. Recently considerable progress has been made in understanding the architecture and function of SRP.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsEndoplasmic ReticulumEvolution, MolecularHumansMembrane ProteinsModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularProtein ConformationProtein Sorting SignalsProtein TransportRibosomesSequence Homology, Amino AcidSignal Recognition ParticleMembrane ProteinsProtein Sorting SignalsSignal Recognition Particle

Identifiers

PMID12853463
PMCPMC165607
OpenAlexW1922584555

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