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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2014

The structure, function and evolution of proteins that bind DNA and RNA.

William H Hudson, Eric A Ortlund

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 218 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
218citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

218 citing papers in PubMed, 432 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Advances and opportunities for computational interrogation of plant proteins.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026
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  12. ProNA3D: Distance-Based Analysis of Nucleic Acid-Containing Interfaces.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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  16. Evidence for vitellogenin DNA-binding in honey bees.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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  18. Role of RNA in genome folding: It's all about affinity.Current opinion in structural biology · 2025
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158 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

William H HudsonDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30033, USA.
Eric A OrtlundDepartment of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30033, USA.
Emory University · US

Funding

Graduate Training in the Pharmacological StudiesT32GM008602 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 1996 to 2021
$5.1M
Targeting LRH-1 - Phospholipid Signaling in Metabolic PathwaysR01DK095750 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ORTLUND, ERIC A · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK095750NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK095750NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32GM008602‑14NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008602
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins that bind both DNA and RNA typify the ability of a single gene product to perform multiple functions. Such DNA- and RNA-binding proteins (DRBPs) have unique functional characteristics that stem from their specific structural features; these developed early in evolution and are widely conserved. Proteins that bind RNA have typically been considered as functionally distinct from proteins that bind DNA and studied independently. This practice is becoming outdated, in partly owing to the discovery of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that target DNA-binding proteins. Consequently, DRBPs were found to regulate many cellular processes, including transcription, translation, gene silencing, microRNA biogenesis and telomere maintenance.

Indexed as

Evolution, MolecularAnimalsBinding, CompetitiveDatabases, GeneticDNADNA-Binding ProteinsGene SilencingHumansMicroRNAsModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein BiosynthesisRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long NoncodingTelomere HomeostasisTranscription, GeneticDNADNA-Binding ProteinsMicroRNAsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Long Noncoding

Identifiers

PMID25269475
PMCPMC4280011
OpenAlexW2046792302

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