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ReviewCell chemical biology2020

Illuminating RNA Biology: Tools for Imaging RNA in Live Mammalian Cells.

Esther Braselmann, Colin Rathbun, Erin M Richards, Amy E Palmer

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Review in Cell chemical biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
74citing papers in PubMed
5.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Direct roles of long non-coding RNAs in transcription activation.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026
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  17. Imaging Spatiotemporal RNA and Protein Dynamics in Mouse Embryos.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  20. Labeling of Amine-Modified RNA.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Esther BraselmannDepartment of Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Colin RathbunDepartment of Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Erin M RichardsDepartment of Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Amy E PalmerDepartment of Biochemistry, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA. Electronic address: amy.palmer@colorado.edu.
University of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

Predoctoral Training Molecular BiophysicsT32GM065103 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI FALKE, JOSEPH J · 2002 to 2021
$4.3M
Regulation of Cell Signaling by Transition Metal DynamicsDP1GM114863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI PALMER, AMY E · 2014 to 2018
$3.8M
Riboglow: a robust multi-color riboswitch-based platform for imaging RNA in living cellsR01GM133184 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BATEY, ROBERT T, PALMER, AMY E · 2019 to 2022
$1.2M
RNA tools for probing spliceosome dynamicsR00GM127752 · NIGMS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI BRASELMANN, ESTHER · 2021 to 2023
$735k
RNA tools for probing spliceosome dynamicsK99GM127752 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI BRASELMANN, ESTHER · 2018 to 2020
$200k
Multicomponent, single-molecule imaging of RNA in mammalian cellsF32GM131666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI RATHBUN, COLIN · 2019 to 2020
$87k
NIGMS NIH HHS DP1 GM114863NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM131666NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM127752NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM127752NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM133184NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM065103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The central dogma teaches us that DNA makes RNA, which in turn makes proteins, the main building blocks of the cell. But this over simplified linear transmission of information overlooks the vast majority of the genome produces RNAs that do not encode proteins and the myriad ways that RNA regulates cellular functions. Historically, one of the challenges in illuminating RNA biology has been the lack of tools for visualizing RNA in live cells. But clever approaches for exploiting RNA binding proteins, in vitro RNA evolution, and chemical biology have resulted in significant advances in RNA visualization tools in recent years. This review provides an overview of current tools for tagging RNA with fluorescent probes and tracking their dynamics, localization andfunction in live mammalian cells.

Indexed as

Aptamers, NucleotideCapsid ProteinsFluorescent DyesHumansLevivirusMicroscopy, FluorescenceRNARNA, MessengerRNA, UntranslatedSmall Molecule LibrariesAptamers, NucleotideCapsid ProteinsFluorescent DyesRNARNA, MessengerRNA, UntranslatedSmall Molecule Librarieschemical biology toolsgenetically encoded toolsimaginglive-cell imagingRNAsingle-molecule tracking

Identifiers

PMID32640188
PMCPMC7595133
OpenAlexW3040326917

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