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ArticleNature2025

DNA-guided transcription factor interactions extend human gene regulatory code.

Zhiyuan Xie, Ilya Sokolov, Maria Osmala, Xue Yue, Grace Bower, J Patrick Pett, Yinan Chen, Kai Wang, Ayse Derya Cavga, Alexander Popov and 5 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. 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 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

38 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Zhiyuan Xie *State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Ilya Sokolov *Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1258-3632
Maria OsmalaApplied Tumor Genomics Program, Biomedicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-0128-4896
Xue YueState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Grace BowerDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1104-604X
J Patrick PettCellular Genetics Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5249-444X
Yinan ChenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5543-3976
Kai WangState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Ayse Derya CavgaDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Alexander PopovEuropean Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3058-8912
Sarah A TeichmannDepartment of Medicine and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6294-6366
Ekaterina MorgunovaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7754-9021
Evgeny Z KvonDepartment of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1562-0945
Yimeng YinState Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases and Medical Innovation Center, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. yy461@tongji.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-5454-608X
Jussi TaipaleDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. jt37@sanger.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-4204-0951

Funding

Deciphering the mechanism of long-range gene regulation in vivoDP2GM149555 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI KVON, EVGENY · 2022 to 2025
$2.4M
Characterizing a mechanism of enhancer-promoter interaction in vivoF31HD112201 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI BOWER, GRACE CABOT · 2023 to 2025
$136k
NICHD NIH HHS F31 HD112201NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM149555UK Research and Innovation Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the same way that the mRNA-binding specificities of transfer RNAs define the genetic code, the DNA-binding specificities of transcription factors (TFs) form the molecular basis of the gene regulatory code

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DNAGene Expression RegulationGenetic CodeTranscription FactorsBinding SitesHumansNucleotide MotifsProtein BindingSELEX Aptamer TechniqueDNATranscription Factors

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PMID40205063
PMCPMC12119339

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