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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA

Regulation of mRNA decapping.

You Li, Megerditch Kiledjian

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 88 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
88citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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.

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

88 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Stress-Induced Eukaryotic Translational Regulatory Mechanisms.Journal of clinical and medical sciences · 2024
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  19. METTL3 promotes chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer by inducing mitophagy.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2023
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28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

You LiDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082, USA.
Megerditch Kiledjian
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Regulation of Mammalian mRNA DecayR01GM067005 · NIGMS · RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICK · PI KILEDJIAN, MEGERDITCH · 2004 to 2022
$5.5M
Global regulation of the C. elegans X chromosomeF32GM065007 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI CSANKOVSZKI, GYORGYI · 2002 to 2004
$125k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM65007NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM067005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decapping is a critical step in the control of mRNA stability and the regulation of gene expression. Two major decapping enzymes involved in mRNA turnover have been identified, each functioning in one of the two exonucleolytic mRNA decay pathways in eukaryotic cells. The Dcp2 protein cleaves capped mRNA and initiates 5' to 3' degradation; the scavenger decapping enzyme, DcpS, hydrolyzes the cap structure generated by the 3' to 5' decay pathway. Consistent with the important role of decapping in gene expression, cap hydrolysis is exquisitely controlled by multiple regulators that influence association with the cap and the catalytic step. In this review, we will discuss the functions of the two different decapping enzymes, their regulation by cis-elements and trans-factors, and the potential role of the decapping enzymes in human neurological disorders.

Indexed as

AnimalsEndoribonucleasesEukaryotic CellsHumansModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularRNA CapsRNA StabilityDCP2 protein, humanEndoribonucleasesmRNA decapping enzymesRNA Caps

Identifiers

PMID21935889
PMCPMC13110874
OpenAlexW2164938085

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