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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2019

Protein Synthesis and Translational Control: A Historical Perspective.

Soroush Tahmasebi, Nahum Sonenberg, John W B Hershey, Michael B Mathews

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Targeting mTOR and eIF4E: a feasible scenario in ovarian cancer therapy.Cancer drug resistance (Alhambra, Calif.) · 2021
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  20. Lighting up single-mRNA translation dynamics in living cells.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Soroush TahmasebiDepartment of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.
Nahum SonenbergDepartment of Biochemistry and Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada.
John W B HersheyDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, School of Medicine, Davis, California 95616.
Michael B MathewsDepartment of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein synthesis and its regulation are central to all known forms of life and impinge on biological arenas as varied as agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine. Otherwise known as translation and translational control, these processes have been investigated with increasing intensity since the middle of the 20th century, and in increasing depth with advances in molecular and cell biology. We review the origins of the field, focusing on the underlying concepts and early studies of the cellular machinery and mechanisms involved. We highlight key discoveries and events on a timeline, consider areas where current research has engendered new ideas, and conclude with some speculation on future directions for the field.

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Gene Expression RegulationProtein BiosynthesisAnimalsCell BiologyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansMolecular BiologyOocytesReticulocytesSea Urchins

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PMID30082466
PMCPMC6719597

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