Evidence map›Paper›PMID 7896142›Full record

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Genetic control of development in Xenopus laevis.

R Vignali, S De Lucchini, B Kablar, G Barsacchi

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Review in Genetica, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 42% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploring the role of homeobox and zinc finger proteins in pancreatic cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology · 1997
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R VignaliDipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica, Università di Pisa, Italy.
S De Lucchini
B Kablar
G Barsacchi
University of Pisa · ITScuola Normale Superiore · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper we address the question of how genes can control development by using Xenopus as a model system, since it combines the classical advantages of amphibian embryology with advanced molecular techniques. Several developmental regulator genes have been shown to encode for transcription factors which trigger the activation of downstream genes, thus resulting in a cascade of regulatory events. In the first two examples, we deal with regulatory events that underlie early body patterning in vertebrates, and with the role of homeobox transcription factors in deciphering positional information along the body axis. In the third example, we address the question of the role of post-transcriptional regulation in development by studying the possible regulatory role of a cytoplasmic zinc finger protein, presumably acting through RNA-protein interactions. The general idea is that understanding how genes can control development will hopefully lead to understanding the construction of a shape, and eventually of an organism.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAnimalsHomeodomain ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsXenopus laevisZinc FingersHomeodomain ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID7896142
OpenAlexW2070073546

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Registered trials

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