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ReviewChromosoma2006

The Cajal body: a meeting place for spliceosomal snRNPs in the nuclear maze.

David Stanek, Karla M Neugebauer

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Review in Chromosoma, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers.

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91citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-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

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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

91 citing papers in PubMed, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

David StanekDepartment of Cellular Biology and Pathology, First Medical Faculty, Institute of Physiology, Charles University, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Albertov 4, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic. dstan@lf1.cuni.cz
Karla M Neugebauer
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physiology · CZMax Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (snRNPs) are essential pre-mRNA splicing factors that consist of small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) complexed with specific sets of proteins. A considerable body of evidence has established that snRNP assembly is accomplished after snRNA synthesis in the nucleus through a series of steps involving cytoplasmic and nuclear phases. Recent work indicates that snRNPs transiently localize to the Cajal body (CB), a nonmembrane-bound inclusion present in the nuclei of most cells, for the final steps in snRNP maturation, including snRNA base modification, U4/U6 snRNA annealing, and snRNA-protein assembly. Here, we review these findings that suggest a crucial role for CBs in the spliceosome cycle in which production of new snRNPs--and perhaps regenerated snRNPs after splicing--is promoted by the concentration of substrates in this previously mysterious subnuclear organelle. These insights allow us to speculate on the role of nuclear bodies in regulating the dynamics of RNP assembly to maintain a functional pool of factors available for key steps in gene expression.

Indexed as

AnimalsCoiled BodiesHistonesHumansModels, BiologicalNuclear ProteinsRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, Small NuclearRNA SplicingSpliceosomesHistonesNuclear Proteinsp80-coilinRibonucleoproteins, Small NuclearRNA, Small Nuclear

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PMID16575476
OpenAlexW2161902637

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