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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2013

Structural insights into transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II.

Sebastian Grünberg, Steven Hahn

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed
9.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. ZNF91 is an endogenous repressor of the molecular phenotype associated with X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP).Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sebastian GrünbergFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, PO Box 19024, Mailstop A1-162, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Steven Hahn
Fred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RNAPIII TRANSCRIPTION INITIATIONR01GM053451 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HAHN, STEVEN M · 1995 to 2020
$11.4M
Mechanisms of eukaryotic transcription activationR01GM075114 · NIGMS · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI HAHN, STEVEN M · 2005 to 2020
$7.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM053451NIGMS NIH HHS GM075114NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053451NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM075114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcriptional regulation is one of the most important steps in control of cell identity, growth, differentiation, and development. Many signaling pathways controlling these processes ultimately target the core transcription machinery that, for protein coding genes, consists of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) and the general transcription factors (GTFs). New studies on the structure and mechanism of the core assembly and how it interfaces with promoter DNA and coactivator complexes have given tremendous insight into early steps in the initiation process, genome-wide binding, and mechanisms conserved for all nuclear and archaeal Pols. Here, we review recent developments in dissecting the architecture of the Pol II core machinery with a focus on early and regulated steps in transcription initiation.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticModels, MolecularRNA Polymerase IIRNA Polymerase IIcoactivatorsmediatoropen complexpreinitiation complex (PIC)RNA polymerase IISAGATFIIDTFIIHtranscriptiontranslocase

Identifiers

PMID24120742
PMCPMC3843768
OpenAlexW2074252380

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