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ReviewCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology2009

How eukaryotic genes are transcribed.

Bryan J Venters, B Franklin Pugh

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Review in Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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

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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 162 citations in OpenAlex.

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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Bryan J VentersCenter for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
B Franklin Pugh
Pennsylvania State University · US

Funding

Promoter Regulation in Response to Environmental StressR01ES013768 · NIEHS · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI PUGH, B FRANKLIN · 2007 to 2019
$4.9M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES013768NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES013768
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression is far more complex than one might have imagined 30 years ago. However, progress towards understanding gene regulatory mechanisms has been rapid and comprehensive, which has made the integration of detailed observations into broadly connected concepts a challenge. This review attempts to integrate the following concepts: (1) a well-defined organization of nucleosomes and modification states at most genes; (2) regulatory networks of sequence-specific transcription factors; (3) chromatin remodeling coupled to promoter assembly of the general transcription factors and RNA polymerase II; and (4) phosphorylation states of RNA polymerase II coupled to chromatin modification states during transcription. The wealth of new insights arising from the tools of biochemistry, genomics, cell biology, and genetics is providing a remarkable view into the mechanics of gene regulation.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyHumansNucleosomesRNA Polymerase IITranscription, GeneticNucleosomesRNA Polymerase II

Identifiers

PMID19514890
PMCPMC2718758
OpenAlexW2101880103

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