Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27937535›Full record

ReviewRNA biology2017

The emerging biology of RNA post-transcriptional modifications.

Sigrid Nachtergaele, Chuan He

Erratum issuedOpen access · bronzeAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in RNA biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 140 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
140citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-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

140 citing papers in PubMed, 227 citations in OpenAlex.

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80 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sigrid Nachtergaelea Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.
Chuan Hea Department of Chemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , and Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

Direct Oxidative Nucleic Acids DemethylationR01GM071440 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2005 to 2018
$3.7M
Base-resolution sequencing of m6A in RNAR01HG008688 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI HE, CHUAN · 2015 to 2017
$1.3M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG008688NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA modifications have long been known to be central in the proper function of tRNA and rRNA. While chemical modifications in mRNA were discovered decades ago, their function has remained largely mysterious until recently. Using enrichment strategies coupled to next generation sequencing, multiple modifications have now been mapped on a transcriptome-wide scale in a variety of contexts. We now know that RNA modifications influence cell biology by many different mechanisms - by influencing RNA structure, by tuning interactions within the ribosome, and by recruiting specific binding proteins that intersect with other signaling pathways. They are also dynamic, changing in distribution or level in response to stresses such as heat shock and nutrient deprivation. Here, we provide an overview of recent themes that have emerged from the substantial progress that has been made in our understanding of chemical modifications across many major RNA classes in eukaryotes.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalAnimalsHumansMethylationMicroRNAsRNA InterferenceRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalRNA, TransferRNA, ViralVirus DiseasesMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerRNA, RibosomalRNA, TransferRNA, ViralEpitranscriptomegene expressionpost-transcriptional regulationprotein translationRNA modification

Identifiers

PMID27937535
PMCPMC5324755
OpenAlexW2567028337

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Registered trials

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