Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29122461›Full record

ReviewTrends in biochemical sciences2017

Histone Marks in the 'Driver's Seat': Functional Roles in Steering the Transcription Cycle.

Leah A Gates, Charles E Foulds, Bert W O'Malley

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Trends in biochemical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

112 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Histone Modifications in Mammalian Early Embryos.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Decoding the Epigenome of Breast Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article

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

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

3 authors.

Leah A GatesDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Current address: Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Charles E FouldsDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Bert W O'MalleyDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: berto@bcm.edu.

Funding

REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES: BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR ACTIONSR01HD008188 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI DAVID M LONARD, JOHN P LYDON · 1985 to 2026
$16.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD008188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Particular chromatin modifications are associated with different states of gene transcription, yet our understanding of which modifications are causal 'drivers' in promoting transcription is incomplete. Here, we discuss new developments describing the ordered, mechanistic role of select histone marks occurring during distinct steps in the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription cycle. In particular, we highlight the interplay between histone marks in specifying the 'next step' of transcription. While many studies have described correlative relationships between histone marks and their occupancy at distinct gene regions, we focus on studies that elucidate clear functional consequences of specific histone marks during different stages of transcription. These recent discoveries have refined our current mechanistic understanding of how histone marks promote Pol II transcriptional progression.

Indexed as

Histone CodeHumansRNA Polymerase IITranscription, GeneticRNA Polymerase IIchromatinepigeneticshistone marksRNA polymerase IItranscription cycle

Identifiers

PMID29122461
PMCPMC5701853

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.