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ReviewNucleic acids research1997

Dynamics of potentiation and activation: GAGA factor and its role in heat shock gene regulation.

R C Wilkins, J T Lis

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Review in Nucleic acids research, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 110 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. GAGA factor: a multifunctional pioneering chromatin protein.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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  11. Promoter elements associated with RNA Pol II stalling in the Drosophila embryo.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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  12. Amyloidogenesis of natively unfolded proteins.Current Alzheimer research · 2008
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  20. Interaction between the GAGA factor and Mod(mdg4) proteins promotes insulator bypass in Drosophila.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2004
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R C WilkinsSection of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 12853, USA.
J T Lis
Cornell University · US

Funding

COORDINATE GENE REGULATION IN ANIMAL CELLSR01GM025232 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI LIS, JOHN T · 1985 to 2020
$8.4M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTT32GM007617 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI BARBASH, DANIEL A · 1985 to 2021
$5.5M
COORDINATE GENE REGULATION IN ANIMAL CELLSR37GM025232 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA · PI LIS, JOHN THOMAS · 1995 to 2004
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32 GM07617NIGMS NIH HHS GM25232
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GAGA factor (GAF) binds to specific DNA sequences and participates in a complex spectrum of chromosomal activities. Products of the Trithorax-like locus (Trl), which encodes multiple GAF isoforms, are required for homeotic gene expression and are essential for Drosophila development. While homozygous null mutations in Trl are lethal, heterozygotes display enhanced position effect variegation (PEV) indicative of the broad role of GAF in chromatin architecture and its positive role in gene expression.The distribution of GAF on chromosomes is complex, as it is associated with hundreds of chromosomal loci in euchromatin of salivary gland polytene chromosomes, however, it also displays a strong association with pericentric heterochromatin in diploid cells, where it appears to have roles in chromosome condensation and segregation. At higher resolution GAF binding sites have been identified in the regulatory regions of many genes. In some cases, the positive role of GAF in gene expression has been examined in detail using a variety of genetic, biochemical, and cytological approaches. Here we review what is currently known of GAF and, in the context of the heat shock genes of Drosophila, we examine the effects of GAF on multiple steps in gene expression.

Indexed as

Drosophila ProteinsGene Expression RegulationAnimalsChromatinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsTranscription FactorsChromatinDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDrosophila ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat Shock Transcription FactorsHomeodomain ProteinsHsf protein, DrosophilaTranscription FactorsTrl protein, Drosophila

Identifiers

PMID9321643
PMCPMC147008
OpenAlexW2111979108

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