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ArticleNature2020

DNA mismatches reveal conformational penalties in protein-DNA recognition.

Ariel Afek, Honglue Shi, Atul Rangadurai, Harshit Sahay, Alon Senitzki, Suela Xhani, Mimi Fang, Raul Salinas, Zachery Mielko, Miles A Pufall and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers.

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73citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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

73 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ariel AfekCenter for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8584-9879
Honglue ShiDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-1652
Atul RangaduraiDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Harshit SahayCenter for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-6527
Alon SenitzkiDepartment of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Suela XhaniDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Mimi FangDepartment of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Raul SalinasDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Zachery MielkoCenter for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1935-9203
Miles A PufallDepartment of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-6916
Gregory M K PoonDepartment of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5107-9458
Tali E HaranDepartment of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9700-3392
Maria A SchumacherDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Hashim M Al-HashimiDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. hashim.al.hashimi@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-1747
Raluca GordânCenter for Genomic and Computational Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. raluca.gordan@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6404-6556
Duke University · USGeorgia State University · USTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

User Training and OutreachP30GM124169 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI PAUL David ADAMS, Gregory L Hura · 2017 to 2026
$28.6M
Role of DNA structural dynamics in mutagenesis and oncogenesisR01GM089846 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Hashim M Al-Hashimi · 2010 to 2026
$5.2M
Deciphering fundamental biological processes involving protein-nucleic acid interactions at the molecular levelR35GM130290 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Maria Schumacher · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
Eliminating Critical Systematic Errors In Structural Biology With Next-Generation SimulationR01GM124149 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI HOLTON, JAMES M · 2017 to 2024
$2.5M
New methods for quantitative modeling of protein-DNA interactionsR01GM117106 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GORDAN, RALUCA · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
The role of transcription factor proteins in mutagenesis at regulatory sitesR01GM135658 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GORDAN, RALUCA · 2020 to 2023
$1.3M
Pilatus 6mS10OD021832 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ADAMS, PAUL DAVID · 2016 to 2016
$980k
A cellular osmotic pressure sensorR21GM137160 · NIGMS · GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI POON, GREGORY MAN KAI · 2020 to 2021
$428k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124169NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM089846NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM117106NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM124149NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM135658NIGMS NIH HHS R21 GM137160NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM130290NIH HHS S10 OD021832
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcription factors recognize specific genomic sequences to regulate complex gene-expression programs. Although it is well-established that transcription factors bind to specific DNA sequences using a combination of base readout and shape recognition, some fundamental aspects of protein-DNA binding remain poorly understood

Indexed as

Molecular ConformationArabidopsis ProteinsBase PairingBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularMutationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesProtein BindingSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsThermodynamicsTranscription FactorsArabidopsis ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsNucleic Acid HeteroduplexesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID33087930
PMCPMC7666076
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