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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2021

The mouse alpha-globin cluster: a paradigm for studying genome regulation and organization.

A Marieke Oudelaar, Robert A Beagrie, Mira T Kassouf, Douglas R Higgs

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2021. 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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21citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 31 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

A Marieke OudelaarMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany. Electronic address: marieke.oudelaar@mpibpc.mpg.de.
Robert A BeagrieLaboratory of Gene Regulation, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Mira T KassoufLaboratory of Gene Regulation, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Douglas R HiggsLaboratory of Gene Regulation, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: doug.higgs@imm.ox.ac.uk.
University of Oxford · GBMax Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry · DE

Funding

Medical Research Council G1000801Medical Research Council MC_PC_15069Medical Research Council MC_U137961144Medical Research Council MC_U137961145Medical Research Council MC_UU_00016/12Medical Research Council MC_UU_00016/4Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/13Medical Research Council MC_UU_12009/4Medical Research Council MR/T014067/1Wellcome Trust 209181/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mammalian globin gene clusters provide a paradigm for studying the relationship between genome structure and function. As blood stem cells undergo lineage specification and differentiation to form red blood cells, the chromatin structure and expression of the α-globin cluster change. The gradual activation of the α-globin genes in well-defined cell populations has enabled investigation of the structural and functional roles of its enhancers, promoters and boundary elements. Recent studies of gene regulatory processes involving these elements at the mouse α-globin cluster have brought new insights into the general principles underlying the three-dimensional structure of the genome and its relationship to gene expression throughout time.

Indexed as

alpha-GlobinsAnimalsChromatinGene Expression RegulationGenomeMicePromoter Regions, GeneticRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acidalpha-GlobinsChromatin

Identifiers

PMID33221670
PMCPMC8100094
OpenAlexW3100505464

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