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ArticleEpigenetics2013

The MORC family: new epigenetic regulators of transcription and DNA damage response.

Da-Qiang Li, Sujit S Nair, Rakesh Kumar

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Article in Epigenetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

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64citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 108 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Da-Qiang LiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine; School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Sujit S Nair
Rakesh Kumar
George Washington University · US

Funding

Role of PAK1-MORC2 Pathway in Breast CancerR01CA139573 · NCI · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KUMAR, RAKESH · 2009 to 2010
$649k
NCI NIH HHS CA139573NCI NIH HHS R01 CA139573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microrchidia (MORC) is a highly conserved nuclear protein superfamily with widespread domain architectures that intimately link MORCs with signaling-dependent chromatin remodeling and epigenetic regulation. Accumulating structural and biochemical evidence has shed new light on the mechanistic action and emerging role of MORCs as epigenetic regulators in diverse nuclear processes. In this Point of View, we focus on discussing recent advances in our understanding of the unique domain architectures of MORC family of chromatin remodelers and their potential contribution to epigenetic control of DNA template-dependent processes such as transcription and DNA damage response. Given that the deregulation of MORCs has been linked with human cancer and other diseases, further efforts to uncover the structure and function of MORCs may ultimately lead to the development of new approaches to intersect with the functionality of MORC family of chromatin remodeling proteins to correct associated pathogenesis.

Indexed as

DNA DamageEpigenesis, GeneticMultigene FamilyTranscription, GeneticHumansModels, BiologicalNuclear ProteinsNuclear Proteinschromatin remodelingDNA damage responseepigenetic regulationMORCtranscription

Identifiers

PMID23804034
PMCPMC3781187
OpenAlexW2069198803

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