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ReviewRNA biology

Riboswitch RNAs: regulation of gene expression by direct monitoring of a physiological signal.

Angela M Smith, Ryan T Fuchs, Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin

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Review in RNA biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 95 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Technique Development for Probing RNA Structure In Vivo and Genome-Wide.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2018
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  12. Predicting Cotranscriptional Folding Kinetics For Riboswitch.The journal of physical chemistry. B · 2018
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  19. Recent Advances in Developing Small Molecules Targeting Nucleic Acid.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Angela M SmithDepartment of Microbiology and Center for RNA Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Ryan T Fuchs
Frank J Grundy
Tina M Henkin
Schlumberger (Ireland) · IE

Funding

REGULATION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS TRNA SYNTHETASE GENESR01GM047823 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HENKIN, TINA M. · 1994 to 2019
$4.8M
REGULATION OF METHIONINE METABOLISM IN BACILLUS SUBTILISR01GM063615 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI HENKIN, TINA M. · 2001 to 2013
$3.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM47823NIGMS NIH HHS GM63615NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047823NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063615
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Riboswitches are cis-encoded, cis-acting RNA elements that directly sense a physiological signal. Signal response results in a change in RNA structure that impacts gene expression. Elements of this type play an important role in bacteria, where they regulate a variety of fundamental cellular pathways. Riboswitch-mediated gene regulation most commonly occurs by effects on transcription attenuation, to control whether a full-length transcript is synthesized, or on translation initiation, in which case the transcript is constitutively synthesized but binding of the translation initiation complex is modulated. An overview of the role of riboswitch RNAs in bacterial gene expression will be provided, and a few examples are described in more detail to illustrate the types of mechanisms that have been uncovered.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialBacteriaRegulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic AcidRNA, BacterialSignal TransductionRegulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic AcidRNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID20061810
PMCPMC4959611
OpenAlexW2083750892

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