Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28614747›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2017

RNA-mediated regulation of heterochromatin.

Whitney L Johnson, Aaron F Straight

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. CRIF counteracts oncogenic Ras and regulates heterochromatin.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2025
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  12. Nuclear organization and regulation of the differentiated state.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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  13. The Genomics of Plant Satellite DNA.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2021
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  14. RNA matchmaking in chromatin regulation.Biochemical Society transactions · 2020
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  15. RNA: a double-edged sword in genome maintenance.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2020
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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.

Whitney L JohnsonDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, United States.
Aaron F StraightDepartment of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. Electronic address: astraigh@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Supplement to Enhance Wellness and Resiliency in the Graduate EnvironmentT32GM007276 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MORRISON, ASHBY J. · 1985 to 2023
$32.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation of condensed, transcriptionally repressed heterochromatin is essential for controlling gene expression throughout development, silencing parasitic DNA elements, and for genome stability and inheritance. Cells employ diverse mechanisms for controlling heterochromatin states through proteins that modify DNA and histones. An emerging theme is that chromatin-associated RNAs play important roles in regulating heterochromatin proteins by controlling their initial recruitment to chromatin, their stable association with chromatin, their spread along chromatin, or their enzymatic activity. Major challenges for the field include not only identifying regulatory RNAs, but understanding the underlying biochemical mechanisms for how RNAs associate with chromatin, the specificity of interactions between heterochromatin proteins and RNA, and how these binding events manifest in cells to orchestrate RNA-mediated regulation of heterochromatin.

Indexed as

Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyAnimalsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneGene Expression RegulationGene SilencingGenomic InstabilityHeterochromatinHistonesHumansRNA, UntranslatedChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneHeterochromatinHistonesRNA, Untranslated

Identifiers

PMID28614747
PMCPMC5729926
OpenAlexW2623871049

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