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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA2020

Alternative splicing programming of axon formation.

Sika Zheng

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 37 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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sika ZhengDivision of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California.ORCID 0000-0002-0573-4981
University of California, Riverside · US

Funding

RNA regulation of intrinsically-determined neuronal propertiesR01MH116220 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHENG, SIKA · 2018 to 2022
$2.4M
The Regulation and Function of Neuron-Specific Alternative SplicingR01NS104041 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI ZHENG, SIKA · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
NIMH NIH HHS 1R01MH116220NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116220NINDS NIH HHS 1R01NS104041NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104041
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative pre-mRNA splicing generates multiple mRNA isoforms of different structures and functions from a single gene. While the prevalence of alternative splicing control is widely recognized, and the underlying regulatory mechanisms have long been studied, the physiological relevance and biological necessity for alternative splicing are only slowly being revealed. Significant inroads have been made in the brain, where alternative splicing regulation is particularly pervasive and conserved. Various aspects of brain development and function (from neurogenesis, neuronal migration, synaptogenesis, to the homeostasis of neuronal activity) involve alternative splicing regulation. Recent studies have begun to interrogate the possible role of alternative splicing in axon formation, a neuron-exclusive morphological and functional characteristic. We discuss how alternative splicing plays an instructive role in each step of axon formation. Converging genetic, molecular, and cellular evidence from studies of multiple alternative splicing regulators in different systems shows that a biological process as complicated and unique as axon formation requires highly coordinated and specific alternative splicing events. This article is categorized under: RNA Processing > Splicing Regulation/Alternative Splicing RNA in Disease and Development > RNA in Development.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsAxonsHumansRNA, MessengerRNA, MessengerAxon guidanceCELFNOVAPTBPRBFOX

Identifiers

PMID31922356
PMCPMC7594648
OpenAlexW2998846833

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