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ReviewTrends in cell biology2026

What makes genes burst.

Varun Sood, Tom Misteli

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Varun SoodNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20896, USA. Electronic address: varun.sood@nih.gov.
Tom MisteliNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD 20896, USA. Electronic address: mistelit@mail.nih.gov.

Funding

Nuclear Architecture and DiseaseZIABC010309 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MISTELI, THOMAS A · 2009 to 2025
$39.8M
Nuclear architecture and gene expression Z01BC010309 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI MISTELI, THOMAS A · 1999 to 2008
$3.6M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 BC010309Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC010309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genes burst. Instead of being monotonously transcribed by a steady stream of RNA polymerases, active genes undergo transient and random pulses of transcription that are referred to as gene bursting. This property is ubiquitous and evolutionarily conserved from bacteria to humans, and reflects the inherent stochastic nature of most biological processes. The frequency and duration of gene busting events varies greatly between genes and is now recognized to be controlled by an intricate interplay between transcription factors, chromatin features, and the transcription machinery. Recent findings also point to proximal regulation of bursting by epigenetic chromatin states, a novel role of non-histone modifications, and of distal control of bursting patterns by enhancers. Uncovering the regulatory mechanisms of gene bursting sheds light on how cells maintain a diverse range of gene-specific expression by modulating the different kinetic parameters of bursting.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticHumansChromatinchromatinepigenetic modificationsgene burstingnon-histone post-translational modificationsRNA polymerases

Identifiers

PMID40903366
PMCPMC13179064

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