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ReviewGenes & development2016

What have single-molecule studies taught us about gene expression?

Huimin Chen, Daniel R Larson

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Review in Genes & development, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Recent Advances in Single-Molecule Tracking and Imaging Techniques.Annual review of analytical chemistry (Palo Alto, Calif.) · 2023
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  8. Dynamics of RNA polymerase II and elongation factor Spt4/5 recruitment during activator-dependent transcription.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  9. Covalent labeling of nucleic acids.Chemical Society reviews · 2020
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  13. Nucleosomal proofreading of activator-promoter interactions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  19. Dynamic enhancer function in the chromatin context.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine · 2018
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  20. Single mRNA Molecule Detection in Drosophila.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Huimin ChenCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
Daniel R LarsonCenter for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9253-3055

Funding

Transcription Dynamics in Single CellsZIABC011383 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LARSON, DANIEL · 2011 to 2025
$23.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production of a single mRNA is the result of many sequential steps, from docking of transcription factors to polymerase initiation, elongation, splicing, and, finally, termination. Much of our knowledge about the fundamentals of RNA synthesis and processing come from ensemble in vitro biochemical measurements. Single-molecule approaches are very much in this same reductionist tradition but offer exquisite sensitivity in space and time along with the ability to observe heterogeneous behavior and actually manipulate macromolecules. These techniques can also be applied in vivo, allowing one to address questions in living cells that were previously restricted to reconstituted systems. In this review, we examine the unique insights that single-molecule techniques have yielded on the mechanisms of gene expression.

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Gene Expression RegulationGenetic TechniquesAnimalsCell NucleusDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesHumansPeptide Chain Elongation, TranslationalRNA SplicingTranscription FactorsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesTranscription Factorsfluorescencesingle moleculesplicingtranscription

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PMID27601529
PMCPMC5024679

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