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ReviewRNA biology

Spliceosomal snRNA modifications and their function.

John Karijolich, Yi-Tao Yu

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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 132 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
132citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

132 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 197 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 1 institution in 1 country.

John KarijolichDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
Yi-Tao Yu
University of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

Training in Cellular, Biochemical and Molecular SciencesT32GM068411 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI MAQUAT, LYNNE E · 2005 to 2019
$3.9M
Spliceosomal snRNA modification in Xenopus oocytesR01GM062937 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI YU, YI-TAO · 2001 to 2009
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM068411NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062937NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM068411
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spliceosomal snRNAs are extensively 2'-O-methylated and pseudouridylated. The modified nucleotides are relatively highly conserved across species, and are often clustered in regions of functional importance in pre-mRNA splicing. Over the past decade, the study of the mechanisms and functions of spliceosomal snRNA modifications has intensified. Two independent mechanisms behind these modifications, RNA-independent (protein-only) and RNA-dependent (RNA-guided), have been discovered. The role of spliceosomal snRNA modifications in snRNP biogenesis and spliceosome assembly has also been verified.

Indexed as

RNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalAnimalsBase SequenceHumansMolecular Sequence DataPseudouridineRNA, Small NuclearSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSpliceosomesPseudouridineRNA, Small Nuclear

Identifiers

PMID20215871
PMCPMC4154345
OpenAlexW2017910292

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