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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2018

The Use of Psoralen Photobinding to Study Transcription-Induced Supercoiling.

Fedor Kouzine, Laura Baranello, David Levens

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 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
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Dynamic Supercoiling Sponsors Transcription Amplification by MYC.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  2. TOP2B is required for compartment strength changes upon retinoic acid treatment in SH-SY5Y cells.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2025
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  4. Dinochromosome Heterotermini with Telosomal Anchorages.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  5. Review
  6. In Vivo Genomic Supercoiling Mapping Using Psora-seq.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  7. Review
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.

Fedor KouzineLaboratory of Pathology, NCI/NIH, Bldg. 10, RM 2N105, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. kouzinef@mail.nih.gov.
Laura BaranelloLaboratory of Pathology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
David LevensLaboratory of Pathology, NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

The genome-wide function of supercoiling and alternative DNA conformationsZIABC011011 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 2009 to 2025
$16.1M
The genome-wide function of supercoiling and alternative DNA conformationsZ01BC011011 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 2008 to 2008
$1.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC011011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Proteins manipulating intracellular DNA necessarily impart torsional stress, which redistributes across the DNA. Overtwisting and undertwisting of the double helix result in the manifestation of positive and negative DNA supercoiling. A growing body of evidence indicates that DNA topology is an important player in the key regulatory steps of genome function, highlighting the need for biochemical techniques to detect dynamic changes in the DNA structure. Psoralen binding to DNA in vivo is proportional to the level of supercoiling, providing an excellent probe for the topological state of nuclear DNA. Here we describe a psoralen-based methodology to detect transcription-induced DNA supercoiling genome-wide. The DNA samples generated with this approach can be hybridized to microarray platforms or high-throughput sequenced to provide a topological snapshot of the whole genome.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticCell LineDNA, SuperhelicalFicusinGenome, HumanHumansModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationPhotosensitizing AgentsDNA, SuperhelicalFicusinPhotosensitizing AgentsChromatinDNA supercoilingDNA topologyHigh-throughput genomicsPsoralenTopoisomerasesTranscription

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PMID29177736
PMCPMC7433354
OpenAlexW2770738806

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