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ReviewOmics : a journal of integrative biology2013

Gene silencing and Polycomb group proteins: an overview of their structure, mechanisms and phylogenetics.

Shahram Golbabapour, Nazia Abdul Majid, Pouya Hassandarvish, Maryam Hajrezaie, Mahmood Ameen Abdulla, A Hamid A Hadi

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Review in Omics : a journal of integrative biology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shahram GolbabapourDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ugreenk@gmail.com
Nazia Abdul Majid
Pouya Hassandarvish
Maryam Hajrezaie
Mahmood Ameen Abdulla
A Hamid A Hadi
University of Malaya · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation, histone modifications, and chromatin configuration are crucially important in the regulation of gene expression. Among these epigenetic mechanisms, silencing the expression of certain genes depending on developmental stage and tissue specificity is a key repressive system in genome programming. Polycomb (Pc) proteins play roles in gene silencing through different mechanisms. These proteins act in complexes and govern the histone methylation profiles of a large number of genes that regulate various cellular pathways. This review focuses on two main Pc complexes, Pc repressive complexes 1 and 2, and their phylogenetic relationship, structures, and function. The dynamic roles of these complexes in silencing will be discussed herein, with a focus on the recruitment of Pc complexes to target genes and the key factors involved in their recruitment.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingAnimalsEmbryonic DevelopmentEvolution, MolecularHumansNeoplasmsPhylogenyPolycomb-Group ProteinsProtein BindingProtein ConformationRNA, UntranslatedPolycomb-Group ProteinsRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID23692361
PMCPMC3662373
OpenAlexW2073220778

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