Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21295696›Full record

ReviewCell2011

Functional and mechanistic diversity of distal transcription enhancers.

Michael Bulger, Mark Groudine

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Review in Cell, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 536 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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536citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

536 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Michael BulgerCenter for Pediatric Biomedical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, NY 14627, USA. michael_bulger@urmc.rochester.edu
Mark Groudine

Funding

MAINTENANCE OF GENE EXPRESSION IN THE RED CELL LINEAGER01HL065440 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI GROUDINE, MARK T · 2000 to 2018
$12.4M
FUNCTION OF HUMAN &MOUSE B GLOBIN LOCUS CONTROL REGIONSR37DK044746 · NIDDK · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI GROUDINE, MARK T · 1997 to 2016
$12.3M
Function of active chromatin domains in erythropoiesisR01DK070687 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI BULGER, MICHAEL D · 2007 to 2016
$2.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL065440NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL65440NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK070687NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK044746NIDDK NIH HHS R37 DK44746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological differences among metazoans and between cell types in a given organism arise in large part due to differences in gene expression patterns. Gene-distal enhancers are key contributors to these expression patterns, exhibiting both sequence diversity and cell type specificity. Studies of long-range interactions indicate that enhancers are often important determinants of nuclear organization, contributing to a general model for enhancer function that involves direct enhancer-promoter contact. However, mechanisms for enhancer function are emerging that do not fit solely within such a model, suggesting that enhancers as a class of DNA regulatory element may be functionally and mechanistically diverse.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsChromatinHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription FactorsChromatinTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21295696
PMCPMC3742076

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