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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2010

Interchromosomal association and gene regulation in trans.

Adam Williams, Charalampos G Spilianakis, Richard A Flavell

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 90 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adam WilliamsDepartment of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Charalampos G Spilianakis
Richard A Flavell
Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas · GRHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USYale University · US

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nucleus is an ordered three-dimensional entity, and organization of the genome within the nuclear space might have implications for orchestrating gene expression. Recent technological developments have revealed that chromatin is folded into loops bringing distal regulatory elements into intimate contact with the genes that they regulate. Such intrachromosomal contacts appear to be a general mechanism of enhancer-promoter communication in cis. Tantalizing evidence is emerging that regulatory elements might have the capacity to act in trans to regulate genes on other chromosomes. However, unequivocal data required to prove that interchromosomal gene regulation truly represents another level of control within the nucleus is lacking, and this concept remains highly contentious. Such controversy emphasizes that our current understanding of the mechanisms that govern gene expression are far from complete.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsCell NucleusChromatinChromosomes, MammalianEnhancer Elements, GeneticHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticChromatin

Identifiers

PMID20236724
PMCPMC2865229
OpenAlexW1984479378

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Registered trials

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