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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

Vertebrate GAF/ThPOK: emerging functions in chromatin architecture and transcriptional regulation.

Avinash Srivastava, Amitha Sampath Kumar, Rakesh K Mishra

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Super-enhancer profiling reveals ThPOK/ZBTB7B, a CD4Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025
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  5. GAGA factor: a multifunctional pioneering chromatin protein.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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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.

Avinash SrivastavaCSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Amitha Sampath KumarCSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India.
Rakesh K MishraCSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India. mishra@ccmb.res.in.ORCID 0000-0001-6636-7380
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology · IN

Funding

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research118 BSC0118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GAGA factor of Drosophila melanogaster (DmGAF) is a multifaceted transcription factor with diverse roles in chromatin regulation. Recently, ThPOK/c-Krox was identified as its vertebrate homologue (vGAF), which has a basic domain structure similar to DmGAF and is decorated with a number of post-translationally modified residues. In vertebrate genomes, vGAF associates with purine-rich GAGA sequences and performs diverse chromatin-mediated functions, viz., gene activation, repression and enhancer blocking. Expansion of regulatory chromatin proteins with the acquisition of PTMs appears to be the general trend that facilitated the evolution of complexity in vertebrates. Here, we compare the structural and functional features of vGAF with those of DmGAF and also assess the possible functional redundancy among paralogues of vGAF. We also discuss the underlying mechanisms which aid in the diverse and context-dependent functions of this protein.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsHumansRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidSequence HomologyTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticVertebratesChromatinDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsTranscription FactorsTrl protein, DrosophilaZBTB7B protein, humanChromatin regulationc-KroxGAGA factorThPOKZBTB

Identifiers

PMID28856379
PMCPMC11105447
OpenAlexW2753122043

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