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ReviewAnnual review of cell and developmental biology2018

Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation, Function, and Plasticity by Alternative Splicing.

Elisabetta Furlanis, Peter Scheiffele

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Review in Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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98citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 179 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabetta FurlanisBiozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; email: peter.scheiffele@unibas.ch.
Peter ScheiffeleBiozentrum, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland; email: peter.scheiffele@unibas.ch.
University of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Posttranscriptional mechanisms provide powerful means to expand the coding power of genomes. In nervous systems, alternative splicing has emerged as a fundamental mechanism not only for the diversification of protein isoforms but also for the spatiotemporal control of transcripts. Thus, alternative splicing programs play instructive roles in the development of neuronal cell type-specific properties, neuronal growth, self-recognition, synapse specification, and neuronal network function. Here we discuss the most recent genome-wide efforts on mapping RNA codes and RNA-binding proteins for neuronal alternative splicing regulation. We illustrate how alternative splicing shapes key steps of neuronal development, neuronal maturation, and synaptic properties. Finally, we highlight efforts to dissect the spatiotemporal dynamics of alternative splicing and their potential contribution to neuronal plasticity and the mature nervous system.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingCell DifferentiationHumansNeurogenesisNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsProtein IsoformsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsSynapsesProtein IsoformsRNARNA-Binding Proteinscell identityneuronal specificationrecognitionRNA-binding proteinssplice codesynaptic plasticity

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PMID30028642
PMCPMC6697533
OpenAlexW2884946226

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