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ReviewChromosoma2011

Assembly of the transcription machinery: ordered and stable, random and dynamic, or both?

Timothy J Stasevich, James G McNally

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Review in Chromosoma, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The nuclear receptor superfamily: A structural perspective.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2018
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  4. Chromatin reprogramming in breast cancer.Endocrine-related cancer · 2018
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  18. Transcription goes digital.EMBO reports · 2012
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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

2 authors.

Timothy J StasevichGraduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Japan.
James G McNally

Funding

Transcription factor mobilityZIABC010561 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MCNALLY, JAMES G · 2009 to 2013
$3.9M
Transcription factor mobilityZ01BC010561 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MCNALLY, JAMES M · 2004 to 2008
$1.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010561
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The assembly of the transcription machinery is a key step in gene activation, but even basic details of this process remain unclear. Here we discuss the apparent discrepancy between the classic sequential assembly model based mostly on biochemistry and an emerging dynamic assembly model based mostly on fluorescence microscopy. The former model favors a stable transcription complex with subunits that cooperatively assemble in order, whereas the latter model favors an unstable complex with subunits that may assemble more randomly. To confront this apparent discrepancy, we review the merits and drawbacks of the different experimental approaches and list potential biasing factors that could be responsible for the different interpretations of assembly. We then discuss how these biases might be overcome in the future with improved experiments or new techniques. Finally, we discuss how kinetic models for assembly may help resolve the ordered and stable vs. random and dynamic assembly debate.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticAnimalsDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansKineticsMultiprotein ComplexesTranscription FactorsDNADNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesMultiprotein ComplexesTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID22048163
PMCPMC7380716

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