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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2018

A brave new world of RNA-binding proteins.

Matthias W Hentze, Alfredo Castello, Thomas Schwarzl, Thomas Preiss

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,075 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,075citing papers in PubMed
67.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

1,075 citing papers in PubMed, 1,843 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Matthias W HentzeEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Alfredo CastelloDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
Thomas SchwarzlEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Thomas PreissEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory-Australia Collaborating Group, Department of Genome Sciences, The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Acton (Canberra) Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · DEAustralian National University · AUUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/10Medical Research Council MR/L019434/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are typically thought of as proteins that bind RNA through one or multiple globular RNA-binding domains (RBDs) and change the fate or function of the bound RNAs. Several hundred such RBPs have been discovered and investigated over the years. Recent proteome-wide studies have more than doubled the number of proteins implicated in RNA binding and uncovered hundreds of additional RBPs lacking conventional RBDs. In this Review, we discuss these new RBPs and the emerging understanding of their unexpected modes of RNA binding, which can be mediated by intrinsically disordered regions, protein-protein interaction interfaces and enzymatic cores, among others. We also discuss the RNA targets and molecular and cellular functions of the new RBPs, as well as the possibility that some RBPs may be regulated by RNA rather than regulate RNA.

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AnimalsHumansProtein BindingProteomeRNARNA-Binding ProteinsProteomeRNARNA-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID29339797
OpenAlexW2785329615

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