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ReviewEMBO reports2005

Functional elements residing within satellite DNAs.

Durdica Ugarkovic

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Review in EMBO reports, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
87citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

87 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Durdica UgarkovicDepartment of Molecular Biology, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka 54, PO Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia. ugarkov@irb.hr
Rudjer Boskovic Institute · HR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Satellite DNAs represent a fast-evolving portion of the eukaryotic genome whose evolution is proposed to be driven by the stochastic process of molecular drive. Recent results indicate that satellite DNAs are subject to certain structural constraints, which are probably related to their interaction with proteins involved in the establishment of specific chromatin structures. The evolutionary persistence and high sequence conservation of some satellites, as well as the presence of stage- or tissue-specific, differentially expressed transcripts in several species, are consistent with the hypothesis that satellite DNA could have a regulatory role in eukaryotic organisms. Although the role of most transcripts is not known, some act as precursors of small interfering RNAs, which are now recognized as having an important role in chromatin modulation and the control of gene expression. Furthermore, some transcripts are involved in the cellular response to stress.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsBase SequenceConserved SequenceDNA, SatelliteEvolution, MolecularHeterochromatinHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingTranscription FactorsDNA, SatelliteHeterochromatinRNA, Small InterferingTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID16264428
PMCPMC1371040
OpenAlexW2015761297

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