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ArticlePLoS genetics2015

Compound Heterozygosity for Y Box Proteins Causes Sterility Due to Loss of Translational Repression.

Elizabeth Snyder, Ramani Soundararajan, Manju Sharma, Andrea Dearth, Benjamin Smith, Robert E Braun

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 53 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.

Elizabeth SnyderThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Ramani SoundararajanThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Manju SharmaThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Andrea DearthThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Benjamin SmithThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Robert E BraunThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America.
Jackson Laboratory · US

Funding

Shared Resource ManagementP30CA034196 · NCI · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI Anna Karolina Palucka · 1985 to 2026
$61.9M
TRANSLATIONAL REGULATION OF THE PROTAMINE 1 GENER01HD027215 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BRAUN, ROBERT E · 1990 to 2010
$3.0M
Male Germ Cell RNA Binding Proteins and Nuclear RNAs in Male FertilityK99HD083521 · NICHD · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI SNYDER, ELIZABETH M, · 2015 to 2016
$263k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA034196NICHD NIH HHS HD027215NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD083521NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD027215
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Y-box proteins YBX2 and YBX3 bind RNA and DNA and are required for metazoan development and fertility. However, possible functional redundancy between YBX2 and YBX3 has prevented elucidation of their molecular function as RNA masking proteins and identification of their target RNAs. To investigate possible functional redundancy between YBX2 and YBX3, we attempted to construct Ybx2-/-;Ybx3-/- double mutants using a previously reported Ybx2-/- model and a newly generated global Ybx3-/- model. Loss of YBX3 resulted in reduced male fertility and defects in spermatid differentiation. However, homozygous double mutants could not be generated as haploinsufficiency of both Ybx2 and Ybx3 caused sterility characterized by extensive defects in spermatid differentiation. RNA sequence analysis of mRNP and polysome occupancy in single and compound Ybx2/3 heterozygotes revealed loss of translational repression almost exclusively in the compound Ybx2/3 heterozygotes. RNAseq analysis also demonstrated that Y-box protein dose-dependent loss of translational regulation was inversely correlated with the presence of a Y box recognition target sequence, suggesting that Y box proteins bind RNA hierarchically to modulate translation in a range of targets.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticAnimalsCell DifferentiationDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGerm CellsHeterozygoteHumansInfertility, MaleMaleMicePolyribosomesRNA-Binding ProteinsSpermatogenesisSpermatozoaTestisCsda protein, mouseDNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsYbx2 protein, mouse

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PMID26646932
PMCPMC4672889
OpenAlexW2190862393

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