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ReviewNature structural & molecular biology2019

50+ years of eukaryotic transcription: an expanding universe of factors and mechanisms.

Robert G Roeder

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Review in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers.

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158citing papers in PubMed
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

158 citing papers in PubMed, 254 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert G RoederLaboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, USA. roeder@mail.rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3865-8572
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

Nuclear Receptor Coactivator Functions and MechanismsR01DK071900 · NIDDK · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2005 to 2015
$5.9M
Mechanisms of p53 target gene activation in DNA damage responsesR01CA129325 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2007 to 2011
$4.0M
Function and targeting of a stable transcription factor complex in leukemiaR01CA163086 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2011 to 2022
$3.6M
Functional and Mechanistic Study of Histone Crotonylation in Hematological MalignanciesR01CA204639 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ALLIS, CHARLES DAVID, ARMSTRONG, SCOTT A · 2016 to 2020
$3.5M
Molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor-dependent transcription regulationR01CA234575 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2019 to 2023
$3.1M
Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in B cell development and leukemogenesisR01CA178765 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2013 to 2017
$2.8M
Biological roles and Mediator-dependent transcription mechanisms of RNA polymerase II(G)R01CA202245 · NCI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI ROEDER, ROBERT G · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA129325NCI NIH HHS R01 CA163086NCI NIH HHS R01 CA178765NCI NIH HHS R01 CA202245NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204639NCI NIH HHS R01 CA234575NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK071900
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The landmark 1969 discovery of nuclear RNA polymerases I, II and III in diverse eukaryotes represented a major turning point in the field that, with subsequent elucidation of the distinct structures and functions of these enzymes, catalyzed an avalanche of further studies. In this Review, written from a personal and historical perspective, I highlight foundational biochemical studies that led to the discovery of an expanding universe of the components of the transcriptional and regulatory machineries, and a parallel complexity in gene-specific mechanisms that continue to be explored to the present day.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBiochemistryEukaryotaHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyMolecular BiologyTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID31439941
PMCPMC6867066
OpenAlexW2969984773

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