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ReviewSub-cellular biochemistry2021

A Structural Perspective on Gene Repression by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2.

Xin Liu

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Review in Sub-cellular biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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.

Xin LiuCecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. xin.liu@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Molecular Basis of Gene Regulation by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2R35GM136308 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LIU, XIN · 2020 to 2024
$2.9M
Structural Basis of Gene Regulation by Polycomb Repressive Complex 2R01GM121662 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LIU, XIN · 2017 to 2020
$1.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121662NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136308
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) is a major repressive chromatin complex formed by the Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins. PRC2 mediates trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3), a hallmark of gene silencing. PRC2 is a key regulator of development, impacting many fundamental biological processes, like stem cell differentiation in mammals and vernalization in plants. Misregulation of PRC2 function is linked to a variety of human cancers and developmental disorders. In correlation with its diverse roles in development, PRC2 displays a high degree of compositional complexity and plasticity. Structural biology research over the past decade has shed light on the molecular mechanisms of the assembly, catalysis, allosteric activation, autoinhibition, chemical inhibition, dimerization and chromatin targeting of various developmentally regulated PRC2 complexes. In addition to these aspects, structure-function analysis is also discussed in connection with disease data in this chapter.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingAnimalsChromatinHistonesHumansMethylationPolycomb Repressive Complex 2ChromatinHistonesPolycomb Repressive Complex 2ChromatinEpigeneticsGene repressionHistone methylationPolycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2)Structural biology

Identifiers

PMID33252743
OpenAlexW3108237288

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