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ReviewBriefings in bioinformatics2021

Dynamics of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation.

Mattia Furlan, Stefano de Pretis, Mattia Pelizzola

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Review in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-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

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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 50 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mattia FurlanCenter for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 20139 Milan, Italy.
Stefano de PretisCenter for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 20139 Milan, Italy.
Mattia PelizzolaCenter for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 20139 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6672-9636
Italian Institute of Technology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite gene expression programs being notoriously complex, RNA abundance is usually assumed as a proxy for transcriptional activity. Recently developed approaches, able to disentangle transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory processes, have revealed a more complex scenario. It is now possible to work out how synthesis, processing and degradation kinetic rates collectively determine the abundance of each gene's RNA. It has become clear that the same transcriptional output can correspond to different combinations of the kinetic rates. This underscores the fact that markedly different modes of gene expression regulation exist, each with profound effects on a gene's ability to modulate its own expression. This review describes the development of the experimental and computational approaches, including RNA metabolic labeling and mathematical modeling, that have been disclosing the mechanisms underlying complex transcriptional programs. Current limitations and future perspectives in the field are also discussed.

Indexed as

Models, GeneticRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalTranscription, GeneticAnimalsHumansRNARNAmathematical modelingnascent RNARNA degradationRNA metabolic labelingRNA processingRNA synthesis

Identifiers

PMID33348360
PMCPMC8294512
OpenAlexW3116411381

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