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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2011

Biogenesis and function of nuclear bodies.

Yuntao S Mao, Bin Zhang, David L Spector

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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 385 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
385citing papers in PubMed
19.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

385 citing papers in PubMed, 680 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.

Yuntao S MaoCold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Bin Zhang
David L Spector
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · US

Funding

VIRAL TRANSACTIVATIONP01CA013106 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI William Richard McCombie · 1985 to 2026
$116.8M
Nanomedicine Center for Nucleoprotein MachinesPN2EY018244 · NEI · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI BAO, GANG · 2006 to 2015
$24.4M
Spatial Organization of Gene ExpressoinR01GM042694 · NIGMS · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI SPECTOR, DAVID L · 1990 to 2018
$12.7M
NCI NIH HHS 5P01CA013106NCI NIH HHS P01 CA013106NEI NIH HHS EY 18244NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY018244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM042694PHS HHS 42694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear bodies including nucleoli, Cajal bodies, nuclear speckles, Polycomb bodies, and paraspeckles are membraneless subnuclear organelles. They are present at steady-state and dynamically respond to basic physiological processes as well as to various forms of stress, altered metabolic conditions and alterations in cellular signaling. The formation of a specific nuclear body has been suggested to follow a stochastic or ordered assembly model. In addition, a seeding mechanism has been proposed to assemble, maintain, and regulate particular nuclear bodies. In coordination with noncoding RNAs, chromatin modifiers and other machineries, various nuclear bodies have been shown to sequester and modify proteins, process RNAs and assemble ribonucleoprotein complexes, as well as epigenetically regulate gene expression. Understanding the functional relationships between the 3D organization of the genome and nuclear bodies is essential to fully uncover the regulation of gene expression and its implications for human disease.

Indexed as

Cell NucleusCell Nucleus StructuresGene Expression RegulationHumansNuclear ProteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionSumoylationTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticNuclear ProteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21680045
PMCPMC3144265
OpenAlexW2083260329

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