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ReviewHuman molecular genetics2017

Between form and function: the complexity of genome folding.

A Marieke Oudelaar, Lars L P Hanssen, Ross C Hardison, Mira T Kassouf, Jim R Hughes, Douglas R Higgs

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Review in Human molecular genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. The transformation of medical genetics by clinical genomics: hubris meets humility.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2019
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

A Marieke OudelaarMRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Lars L P HanssenMRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Ross C HardisonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
Mira T KassoufMRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Jim R HughesMRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
Douglas R HiggsMRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

VISION: ValIdated Systematic IntegratiON of epigenomic dataR24DK106766 · NIDDK · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI BLOBEL, GERD A, BODINE, DAVID M. · 2016 to 2020
$6.2M
Medical Research Council 4050189188Medical Research Council G1000801Medical Research Council MC_U137961144Medical Research Council MC_U137961145Medical Research Council MC_UU_00016/14Medical Research Council MC_UU_00016/4Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/15Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/4Medical Research Council MR/N00969X/1NIDDK NIH HHS R24 DK106766Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 099684/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 105281/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It has been known for over a century that chromatin is not randomly distributed within the nucleus. However, the question of how DNA is folded and the influence of such folding on nuclear processes remain topics of intensive current research. A longstanding, unanswered question is whether nuclear organization is simply a reflection of nuclear processes such as transcription and replication, or whether chromatin is folded by independent mechanisms and this per se encodes function? Evidence is emerging that both may be true. Here, using the α-globin gene cluster as an illustrative model, we provide an overview of the most recent insights into the layers of genome organization across different scales and how this relates to gene activity.

Indexed as

alpha-GlobinsAnimalsCell NucleusChromatinDNADNA ReplicationGenomeGenome ComponentsHumansMultigene FamilyNucleic Acid ConformationTranscription, Geneticalpha-GlobinsChromatinDNA

Identifiers

PMID28977451
PMCPMC5886466
OpenAlexW2747734803

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