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ArticleNature communications2019

Synthetic ligands for PreQ

Colleen M Connelly, Tomoyuki Numata, Robert E Boer, Michelle H Moon, Ranu S Sinniah, Joseph J Barchi, Adrian R Ferré-D'Amaré, John S Schneekloth

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 96 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Colleen M ConnellyChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA.
Tomoyuki NumataBiochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Robert E BoerChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA.
Michelle H MoonChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA.
Ranu S SinniahChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA.
Joseph J BarchiChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA.
Adrian R Ferré-D'AmaréBiochemistry and Biophysics Center, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4549-1619
John S SchneeklothChemical Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21701, USA. schneeklothjs@mail.nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7459-783X
National Cancer Institute · USNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute · US

Funding

Identification of Nucleic Acid Binding Small MoleculesZIABC011585 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI SCHNEEKLOTH, JOHN · 2014 to 2025
$18.6M
RNA: New Antimicrobial StrategiesZIAHL006150 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI FERRÉ-D'AMARÉ, ADRIAN · 2012 to 2025
$11.8M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011585NIH HHS 1 ZIA BC011585 04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Riboswitches are naturally occurring RNA aptamers that regulate gene expression by binding to specific small molecules. Riboswitches control the expression of essential bacterial genes and are important models for RNA-small molecule recognition. Here, we report the discovery of a class of synthetic small molecules that bind to PreQ

Indexed as

RiboswitchAptamers, NucleotideCrystallography, X-RayLigandsNucleic Acid ConformationPyrimidinonesPyrrolesRNA Folding7-(aminomethyl)-7-deazaguanineAptamers, NucleotideLigandsPyrimidinonesPyrrolesRiboswitch

Identifiers

PMID30940810
PMCPMC6445138
OpenAlexW2935525534

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