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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2007

Multivalent engagement of chromatin modifications by linked binding modules.

Alexander J Ruthenburg, Haitao Li, Dinshaw J Patel, C David Allis

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 582 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
582citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
28.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

582 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1,015 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander J RuthenburgLaboratory of Chromatin Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA. aruthenbur@rockefeller.edu
Haitao Li
Dinshaw J Patel
C David Allis
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USRockefeller University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Various chemical modifications on histones and regions of associated DNA play crucial roles in genome management by binding specific factors that, in turn, serve to alter the structural properties of chromatin. These so-called effector proteins have typically been studied with the biochemist's paring knife--the capacity to recognize specific chromatin modifications has been mapped to an increasing number of domains that frequently appear in the nuclear subset of the proteome, often present in large, multisubunit complexes that bristle with modification-dependent binding potential. We propose that multivalent interactions on a single histone tail and beyond may have a significant, if not dominant, role in chromatin transactions.

Indexed as

Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyHistone CodeAnimalsChromatinHistonesHumansChromatinHistones

Identifiers

PMID18037899
PMCPMC4690530
OpenAlexW1979187818

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