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ReviewCurrent medicinal chemistry2019

Potential Roles for G-Quadruplexes in Mitochondria.

Micol Falabella, Rafael J Fernandez, F Brad Johnson, Brett A Kaufman

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Review in Current medicinal chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. N8-Modified Quino[4,3,2-Kl]acridines as Promising Antimalarial G-Quadruplex Ligands.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026
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  11. G-quadruplex propensity inNAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2024
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  14. Mitochondrial nucleic acids in innate immunity and beyond.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Micol FalabellaUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Metabolism and Mitochondrial Medicine and Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Rafael J FernandezDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
F Brad JohnsonDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Brett A KaufmanUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Center for Metabolism and Mitochondrial Medicine and Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
University of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA deletion formationR01GM110424 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KAUFMAN, BRETT A · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM110424
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some DNA or RNA sequences rich in guanine (G) nucleotides can adopt noncanonical conformations known as G-quadruplexes (G4). In the nuclear genome, G4 motifs have been associated with genome instability and gene expression defects, but they are increasingly recognized to be regulatory structures. Recent studies have revealed that G4 structures can form in the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) and potential G4 forming sequences are associated with the origin of mtDNA deletions. However, little is known about the regulatory role of G4 structures in mitochondria. In this short review, we will explore the potential for G4 structures to regulate mitochondrial function, based on evidence from the nucleus.

Indexed as

G-QuadruplexesAnimalsDNA, MitochondrialDNA ReplicationHumansMitochondriaProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MitochondrialTranscription, GeneticDNA, MitochondrialRNA, MitochondrialG4 ligandG-quadruplexesmitochondrial gene expressionmitochondrial genome instabilitymtDNAmtDNA deletions.mtDNA depletion

Identifiers

PMID29493440
PMCPMC6113130
OpenAlexW2793408994

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