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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2016

From Prebiotics to Probiotics: The Evolution and Functions of tRNA Modifications.

Katherine M McKenney, Juan D Alfonzo

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Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Katherine M McKenneyThe Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. anderson.2305@buckeyemail.osu.edu.
Juan D AlfonzoThe Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. alfonzo.1@osu.edu.
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

tRNA editing by deamination: Balancing affinity and specifictyR01GM084065 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ALFONZO, JUAN D · 2008 to 2021
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM084065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All nucleic acids in cells are subject to post-transcriptional chemical modifications. These are catalyzed by a myriad of enzymes with exquisite specificity and that utilize an often-exotic array of chemical substrates. In no molecule are modifications more prevalent than in transfer RNAs. In the present document, we will attempt to take a chemical rollercoaster ride from prebiotic times to the present, with nucleoside modifications as key players and tRNA as the centerpiece that drove the evolution of biological systems to where we are today. These ideas will be put forth while touching on several examples of tRNA modification enzymes and their modus operandi in cells. In passing, we submit that the choice of tRNA is not a whimsical one but rather highlights its critical function as an essential invention for the evolution of protein enzymes.

Indexed as

evolutiongenetic codetRNA modification

Identifiers

PMID26985907
PMCPMC4810244
OpenAlexW2296979866

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