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ReviewTrends in cell biology2023

MYC: a complex problem.

Subhendu K Das, Brian A Lewis, David Levens

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
104citing papers in PubMed
11.4field-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

104 citing papers in PubMed, 141 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Dynamic Supercoiling Sponsors Transcription Amplification by MYC.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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44 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Subhendu K DasGene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD 20892-1500, USA.
Brian A LewisGene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD 20892-1500, USA.
David LevensGene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, MD 20892-1500, USA. Electronic address: levensd@mail.nih.gov.
National Cancer Institute · US

Funding

The genome-wide function of supercoiling and alternative DNA conformationsZIABC011011 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 2009 to 2025
$16.1M
Mechanisms of transcription factor integration at the c-myc promoterZIASC009144 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 2009 to 2025
$9.5M
c-Myc FunctionZIABC011465 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 2012 to 2025
$8.6M
Mechanisms of transcription factor integration at the c-myc promoterZ01SC009144 · SC · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI LEVENS, DAVID L. · 1996 to 2008
$3.1M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 SC009144Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011011Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC011465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The MYC protooncogene functions as a universal amplifier of transcription through interaction with numerous factors and complexes that regulate almost every cellular process. However, a comprehensive model that explains MYC's actions and the interplay governing the complicated dynamics of components of the transcription and replication machinery is still lacking. Here, we review the potency of MYC as an oncogenic driver and how it regulates the broad spectrum of complexes (effectors and regulators). We propose a 'hand-over model' for differential partitioning and trafficking of unstructured MYC via a loose interaction network between various gene-regulatory complexes and factors. Additionally, the article discusses how unstructured-MYC energetically favors efficient modulation of the energy landscape of the transcription cycle.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycHumansProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycDNA topologyintrinsically disordered proteinsmultistep reactionsMYCMYC–topoisome complexprotein complexesRNA polymerasetopoisomerasetranscription cycle

Identifiers

PMID35963793
PMCPMC9911561
OpenAlexW4291396326

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