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ReviewTrends in cell biology2013

Transposable elements as genetic regulatory substrates in early development.

Wesley D Gifford, Samuel L Pfaff, Todd S Macfarlan

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2013. 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
18.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

88 citing papers in PubMed, 147 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wesley D GiffordGene Expression Laboratory and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Samuel L Pfaff
Todd S Macfarlan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · USSalk Institute for Biological Studies · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007198 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, INSEL, PAUL A · 1985 to 2024
$29.3M
Mechanisms of Mammalian Epigenome ReprogrammingZIAHD008933 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI MACFARLAN, TODD SCOTT · 2013 to 2025
$19.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteIntramural NIH HHS ZIA HD008933NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007198
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The abundance and ancient origins of transposable elements (TEs) in eukaryotic genomes has spawned research into the potential symbiotic relationship between these elements and their hosts. In this review, we introduce the diversity of TEs, discuss how distinct classes are uniquely regulated in development, and describe how they appear to have been coopted for the purposes of gene regulation and the orchestration of a number of processes during early embryonic development. Although young, active TEs play an important role in somatic tissues and evolution, we focus mostly on the contributions of the older, fixed elements in mammalian genomes. We also discuss major challenges inherent in the study of TEs and contemplate future experimental approaches to further investigate how they coordinate developmental processes.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsEmbryonic DevelopmentEndogenous RetrovirusesEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGenes, ViralHumansLong Interspersed Nucleotide ElementsMammalsMicePlacentaPregnancyRetroelementsDNA Transposable ElementsRetroelements

Identifiers

PMID23411159
PMCPMC4034679
OpenAlexW1974332832

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