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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2011

Functional consequences of bidirectional promoters.

Wu Wei, Vicent Pelechano, Aino I Järvelin, Lars M Steinmetz

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers.

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129citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Promoters in Pichia pastoris: A Toolbox for Fine-Tuned Gene Expression.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  15. Promoters and Synthetic Promoters in Trichoderma reesei.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wu WeiGenome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Vicent Pelechano
Aino I Järvelin
Lars M Steinmetz

Funding

Quantitative Trait Dissection by Reciprocal HemizygosityR01GM068717 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, RONALD WAYNE · 2003 to 2014
$6.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM068717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several studies have shown that promoters of protein-coding genes are origins of pervasive non-coding RNA transcription and can initiate transcription in both directions. However, only recently have researchers begun to elucidate the functional implications of this bidirectionality and non-coding RNA production. Increasing evidence indicates that non-coding transcription at promoters influences the expression of protein-coding genes, revealing a new layer of transcriptional regulation. This regulation acts at multiple levels, from modifying local chromatin to enabling regional signal spreading and more distal regulation. Moreover, the bidirectional activity of a promoter is regulated at multiple points during transcription, giving rise to diverse types of transcripts.

Indexed as

Promoter Regions, GeneticAnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansNucleosomesRNA, UntranslatedTranscription, GeneticNucleosomesRNA, Untranslated

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PMID21601935
PMCPMC3123404

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