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ReviewNature structural & molecular biology2021

It's not just a phase: function and characteristics of RNA-binding proteins in phase separation.

Hannah J Wiedner, Jimena Giudice

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Review in Nature structural & molecular biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 119 papers.

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119citing papers in PubMed
10.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 175 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hannah J WiednerDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3330-7784
Jimena GiudiceDepartment of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. jimena_giudice@med.unc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-5944
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Equipment -NEON transfection equipmentR01GM130866 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI GIUDICE, JIMENA · 2019 to 2023
$1.6M
Training in Mechanistic, Interdisciplinary Studies of Biological SystemsT32GM119999 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RAMSDEN, DALE A · 2017 to 2021
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130866NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM119999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomolecular condensates that form via phase separation are increasingly regarded as coordinators of cellular reactions that regulate a wide variety of biological phenomena. Mounting evidence suggests that multiple steps of the RNA life cycle are organized within RNA-binding protein-rich condensates. In this Review, we discuss recent insights into the influence of phase separation on RNA biology, which has implications for basic cell biology, the pathogenesis of human diseases and the development of novel therapies.

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AnimalsCell NucleusCytoplasmHumansIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsMammalsNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative DiseasesOsmolar ConcentrationPhase TransitionProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProtein ConformationProtein DomainsProtein IsoformsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein IsoformsRibonucleoproteinsRNARNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Neoplasm

Identifiers

PMID34099940
PMCPMC8787349
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