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ReviewNature reviews. Molecular cell biology2022

Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics.

Takayuki Nojima, Nick J Proudfoot

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Review in Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2022. 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 273 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
273citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
36.2field-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

273 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 405 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Takayuki NojimaMedical institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. taka.nojima@bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1236-4162
Nick J ProudfootSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. nicholas.proudfoot@path.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8646-3222
Kyushu University · JPUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 107928/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust 219443/Z/19/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian genomes express two principal gene categories through RNA polymerase II-mediated transcription: protein-coding transcription units and non-coding RNA transcription units. Non-coding RNAs are further divided into relatively abundant structural RNAs, such as small nuclear RNAs, and into a myriad of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) of often low abundance and low stability. Although at least some lncRNA synthesis may reflect transcriptional 'noise', recent studies define unique functions for either specific lncRNAs or for the process of lncRNA synthesis. Notably, the transcription, processing and metabolism of lncRNAs are regulated differently from protein-coding genes. In this Review, we provide insight into the regulation of lncRNA transcription and processing gleaned from the application of recently devised nascent transcriptomics technology. We first compare and contrast different methodologies for studying nascent transcription. We then discuss the molecular mechanisms regulating lncRNA transcription, especially transcription initiation and termination, which emphasize fundamental differences in their expression as compared with protein-coding genes. When perturbed, lncRNA misregulation leads to genomic stress such as transcription-replication conflict and R-loop-mediated DNA damage. We discuss many unresolved but important questions about the synthesis and potential functions of lncRNAs.

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RNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsMammalsRNA Polymerase IITranscriptomeRNA, Long NoncodingRNA Polymerase II

Identifiers

PMID35079163
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