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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2010

The metazoan Mediator co-activator complex as an integrative hub for transcriptional regulation.

Sohail Malik, Robert G Roeder

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 451 papers.

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451citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

451 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Heterozygous Med13l mice recapitulate a developmental growth delay and craniofacial anomalies seen in MED13L syndrome.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026
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  10. Regulation of lineage reprogramming by dynamic chromatin SUMOylation.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  19. Functional-genomic prioritization identifiesFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sohail MalikLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA. maliks@rockefeller.edu
Robert G Roeder

Funding

Structure-Function Studies of the Modular Human Mediator Coactivator ComplexRC1GM090929 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2009 to 2010
$943k
MARC PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPF31GM009029 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI OZ, ORHAN K · 1985 to 1987
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NIGMS NIH HHS 1RC1GM09029NIGMS NIH HHS RC1 GM090929
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mediator is an evolutionarily conserved, multiprotein complex that is a key regulator of protein-coding genes. In metazoan cells, multiple pathways that are responsible for homeostasis, cell growth and differentiation converge on the Mediator through transcriptional activators and repressors that target one or more of the almost 30 subunits of this complex. Besides interacting directly with RNA polymerase II, Mediator has multiple functions and can interact with and coordinate the action of numerous other co-activators and co-repressors, including those acting at the level of chromatin. These interactions ultimately allow the Mediator to deliver outputs that range from maximal activation of genes to modulation of basal transcription to long-term epigenetic silencing.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsGrowth and DevelopmentHumansMediator ComplexModels, BiologicalSignal TransductionSystems IntegrationTrans-ActivatorsMediator ComplexTrans-Activators

Identifiers

PMID20940737
PMCPMC3217725

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