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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA

Noncoding RNAs and the borders of heterochromatin.

Allison L Cohen, Songtao Jia

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Epigenetics and aging.Science advances · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Allison L CohenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Songtao Jia

Funding

Mechanism of heterochromatin assemblyR01GM085145 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI JIA, SONGTAO · 2008 to 2017
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM085145NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM085145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eukaryotic genomes contain long stretches of repetitive DNA sequences, which are the preferred sites for the assembly of heterochromatin structures. The formation of heterochromatin results in highly condensed chromosomal domains that limit the accessibility of DNA to the transcription and recombination machinery to maintain genome stability. Heterochromatin has the tendency to spread, and the formation of boundaries that block heterochromatin spreading is required to maintain stable gene expression patterns. Recent work has suggested that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are involved in regulating boundary formation in addition to their well-established roles in chromatin regulation. Here, we present a review of our current understanding of the involvement of ncRNA at the boundaries of heterochromatin, highlighting their mechanisms of action in different settings.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenomic InstabilityHeterochromatinRecombination, GeneticRNA, UntranslatedHeterochromatinRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID25044367
PMCPMC4206591

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