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ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2013

RNA polymerase and the ribosome: the close relationship.

Katelyn McGary, Evgeny Nudler

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Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 129 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katelyn McGaryDepartment of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Evgeny Nudler
New York University · US

Funding

Training program in Molecular BiophysicsT32GM088118 · NIGMS · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI STOKES, DAVID L. · 2010 to 2019
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM088118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In bacteria transcription and translation are linked in time and space. When coupled to RNA polymerase (RNAP), the translating ribosome ensures transcriptional processivity by preventing RNAP backtracking. Recent advances in the field have characterized important linker proteins that bridge the gap between transcription and translation: In particular, the NusE(S10):NusG complex and the NusG homolog, RfaH. The direct link between the moving ribosome and RNAP provides a basis for maintaining genomic integrity while enabling efficient transcription and timely translation of various genes within the bacterial cell.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialProtein BiosynthesisTranscription, GeneticBacteriaBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesProtein BindingRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesBacterial ProteinsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesRibosomal Proteins

Identifiers

PMID23433801
PMCPMC4066815
OpenAlexW2013668904

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