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ArticlePLoS genetics2006

Genetic analysis of the cytoplasmic dynein subunit families.

K Kevin Pfister, Paresh R Shah, Holger Hummerich, Andreas Russ, James Cotton, Azlina Ahmad Annuar, Stephen M King, Elizabeth M C Fisher

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers.

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138citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

138 citing papers in PubMed, 313 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

K Kevin PfisterDepartment of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. kkp9w@virginia.edu
Paresh R Shah
Holger Hummerich
Andreas Russ
James Cotton
Azlina Ahmad Annuar
Stephen M King
Elizabeth M C Fisher
National Center for Biotechnology Information · USSocial Science Research Council · USUniversity of Virginia · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF FLAGELLAR DYNEIN FUNCTIONR01GM051293 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI KING, STEPHEN M · 1995 to 2020
$6.9M
Systematic Structural Biology of DyneinR01GM063548 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI KING, STEPHEN M. · 2001 to 2004
$984k
Medical Research Council MC_U123160651NIGMS NIH HHS GM51293NIGMS NIH HHS GM63548NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051293NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063548
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytoplasmic dyneins, the principal microtubule minus-end-directed motor proteins of the cell, are involved in many essential cellular processes. The major form of this enzyme is a complex of at least six protein subunits, and in mammals all but one of the subunits are encoded by at least two genes. Here we review current knowledge concerning the subunits, their interactions, and their functional roles as derived from biochemical and genetic analyses. We also carried out extensive database searches to look for new genes and to clarify anomalies in the databases. Our analysis documents evolutionary relationships among the dynein subunits of mammals and other model organisms, and sheds new light on the role of this diverse group of proteins, highlighting the existence of two cytoplasmic dynein complexes with distinct cellular roles.

Indexed as

Models, GeneticAnimalsChlamydomonasChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsCytoplasmCytoplasmic DyneinsDyneinsHumansMiceMicrotubulesMultigene FamilyCytoplasmic DyneinsDYNC1H1 protein, humanDYNC2H1 protein, humanDyneins

Identifiers

PMID16440056
PMCPMC1331979
OpenAlexW2142726051

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