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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2008

The multiple lives of NMD factors: balancing roles in gene and genome regulation.

Olaf Isken, Lynne E Maquat

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 203 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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203citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

203 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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.

Olaf IskenDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
Lynne E Maquat

Funding

Regulation of Normal and Defective Human GenesR37GM074593 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI MAQUAT, LYNNE E · 2014 to 2023
$4.8M
Regulation of Normal and Defective Human GenesR01GM074593 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI MAQUAT, LYNNE E · 2006 to 2013
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM059514NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074593NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM074593
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) largely functions to ensure the quality of gene expression. However, NMD is also crucial to regulating appropriate expression levels for certain genes and for maintaining genome stability. Furthermore, just as NMD serves cells in multiple ways, so do its constituent proteins. Recent studies have clarified that UPF and SMG proteins, which were originally discovered to function in NMD, also have roles in other pathways, including specialized pathways of mRNA decay, DNA synthesis and cell-cycle progression, and the maintenance of telomeres. These findings suggest a delicate balance of metabolic events - some not obviously related to NMD - that can be influenced by the cellular abundance, location and activity of NMD factors and their binding partners.

Indexed as

GenomeRNA StabilityAnimalsCodon, NonsenseGenomic InstabilityHomeostasisHumansCodon, Nonsense

Identifiers

PMID18679436
PMCPMC3711694

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