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ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2016

Learning from the Leaders: Gene Regulation by the Transcription Termination Factor Rho.

Michelle A Kriner, Anastasia Sevostyanova, Eduardo A Groisman

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Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Evolution of pH-sensitive transcription termination inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  11. Co-transcriptional gene regulation in eukaryotes and prokaryotes.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024
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  17. Advancing evolution: Bacteria break down gene silencer to express horizontally acquired genes.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michelle A KrinerDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA; Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Anastasia SevostyanovaDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Eduardo A GroismanDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA; Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. Electronic address: eduardo.groisman@yale.edu.
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Skill Development for Diverse Scientific Careers: A New Course Predoctoral Program in Cellular and Molecular BiologyT32GM007223 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BASERGA, SUSAN J · 1985 to 2019
$31.0M
REGULATION OF SALMONELLA VIRULENCE BY THE PHOP PROTEINR01AI049561 · NIAID · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Eduardo Groisman · 2001 to 2026
$9.7M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI049561NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RNA helicase Rho triggers 20-30% of transcription termination events in bacteria. While Rho is associated with most transcription elongation complexes, it only promotes termination of a subset. Recent studies of individual Rho-dependent terminators located within the 5' leader regions of bacterial mRNAs have identified novel mechanisms that govern Rho target specificity and have revealed unanticipated physiological functions for Rho. In particular, the multistep nature of Rho-dependent termination enables regulatory input from determinants beyond the sequence of the Rho loading site, and allows a given Rho-dependent terminator to respond to multiple signals. Further, the unique position of Rho as a sensor of cellular translation has been exploited to regulate the transcription of genes required for protein synthesis, including those specifying Mg(2+) transporters.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription Termination, GeneticBacteriaRho FactorRNA, BacterialRho FactorRNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID27325240
PMCPMC4967001
OpenAlexW2442768485

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