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ReviewNucleic acids research2003

Therapeutic modulation of endogenous gene function by agents with designed DNA-sequence specificities.

Taco G Uil, Hidde J Haisma, Marianne G Rots

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Review in Nucleic acids research, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Epigenetic editing: from concept to clinic.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2026
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  2. H-ACO with Consecutive Bases Pairing Constraint for Designing DNA Sequences.Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences · 2024
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  3. How acidic amino acid residues facilitate DNA target site selection.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  6. The past and presence of gene targeting: from chemicals and DNA via proteins to RNA.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018
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  7. Sliding on DNA: From Peptides to Small Molecules.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2016
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  14. Double-helix disruption.Nature chemistry · 2012
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  15. DNA complexes: Durable binders.Nature chemistry · 2011
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taco G UilDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Hidde J Haisma
Marianne G Rots
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Designer molecules that can specifically target pre-determined DNA sequences provide a means to modulate endogenous gene function. Different classes of sequence-specific DNA-binding agents have been developed, including triplex-forming molecules, synthetic polyamides and designer zinc finger proteins. These different types of designer molecules with their different principles of engineered sequence specificity are reviewed in this paper. Furthermore, we explore and discuss the potential of these molecules as therapeutic modulators of endogenous gene function, focusing on modulation by stable gene modification and by regulation of gene transcription.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsHumansNylonsSubstrate SpecificityTranscription FactorsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsNylonsTranscription Factorstriplex DNA

Identifiers

PMID14576293
PMCPMC275457
OpenAlexW2075659130

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