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ArticleeLife2020

Alkylative damage of mRNA leads to ribosome stalling and rescue by

Erica N Thomas, Kyusik Q Kim, Emily P McHugh, Thomas Marcinkiewicz, Hani S Zaher

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

35 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erica N ThomasDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.
Kyusik Q KimDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1832-2070
Emily P McHughDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.
Thomas MarcinkiewiczDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.
Hani S ZaherDepartment of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7424-3617
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

THE ROLE OF THE RIBOSOME IN DETERMINING THE FATE OF DAMAGED MRNA-SupplementR01GM112641 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZAHER, HANI · 2015 to 2024
$3.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112641NIH HHS R01GM112641
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Similar to DNA replication, translation of the genetic code by the ribosome is hypothesized to be exceptionally sensitive to small chemical changes to its template mRNA. Here we show that the addition of common alkylating agents to growing cultures of

Indexed as

RibosomesRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengerAlkylating AgentsAlkylationEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsMethyl MethanesulfonateMethylnitronitrosoguanidineProtein BiosynthesisAlkylating AgentsEscherichia coli ProteinsMethyl MethanesulfonateMethylnitronitrosoguanidineRNA, BacterialRNA, MessengertmRNAalkylationbiochemistrychemical biologyE. coliquality controlribosomeRNA damagetmRNAtrans translation

Identifiers

PMID32940602
PMCPMC7521929
OpenAlexW3085799838

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