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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2010

Upstream open reading frames: molecular switches in (patho)physiology.

Klaus Wethmar, Jeske J Smink, Achim Leutz

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 204 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Klaus WethmarMax Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
Jeske J Smink
Achim Leutz
Max Delbrück Center · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conserved upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are found within many eukaryotic transcripts and are known to regulate protein translation. Evidence from genetic and bioinformatic studies implicates disturbed uORF-mediated translational control in the etiology of human diseases. A genetic mouse model has recently provided proof-of-principle support for the physiological relevance of uORF-mediated translational control in mammals. The targeted disruption of the uORF initiation codon within the transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) gene resulted in deregulated C/EBPβ protein isoform expression, associated with defective liver regeneration and impaired osteoclast differentiation. The high prevalence of uORFs in the human transcriptome suggests that intensified search for mutations within 5' RNA leader regions may reveal a multitude of alterations affecting uORFs, causing pathogenic deregulation of protein expression.

Indexed as

5' Untranslated RegionsMutationOpen Reading FramesAnimalsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCodon, InitiatorGene Expression RegulationHumansMiceProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerTranscription Factors5' Untranslated RegionsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaCodon, InitiatorRNA, MessengerTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID20726009
PMCPMC3045505
OpenAlexW2083086070

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