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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2022

Context-specific Polycomb mechanisms in development.

Jongmin J Kim, Robert E Kingston

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
86citing papers in PubMed
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Dissecting polycomb complexes for enhanced fetal hemoglobin production.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jongmin J KimDepartment of Molecular Biology and MGH Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1836-2064
Robert E KingstonDepartment of Molecular Biology and MGH Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. kingston@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3628-4335
Harvard University · US

Funding

Functional Analysis of Epigenetic ComplexesR35GM131743 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ROBERT KINGSTON · 2019 to 2026
$7.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are crucial chromatin regulators that maintain repression of lineage-inappropriate genes and are therefore required for stable cell fate. Recent advances show that PcG proteins form distinct multi-protein complexes in various cellular environments, such as in early development, adult tissue maintenance and cancer. This surprising compositional diversity provides the basis for mechanistic diversity. Understanding this complexity deepens and refines the principles of PcG complex recruitment, target-gene repression and inheritance of memory. We review how the core molecular mechanism of Polycomb complexes operates in diverse developmental settings and propose that context-dependent changes in composition and mechanism are essential for proper epigenetic regulation in development.

Indexed as

Drosophila ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticCell DifferentiationChromatinPolycomb-Group ProteinsChromatinDrosophila ProteinsPolycomb-Group Proteins

Identifiers

PMID35681061
PMCPMC9933872
OpenAlexW4282919975

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