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ArticleCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology

Neuronal regulation of pre-mRNA splicing by polypyrimidine tract binding proteins, PTBP1 and PTBP2.

Niroshika Keppetipola, Shalini Sharma, Qin Li, Douglas L Black

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Article in Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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139citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 208 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Niroshika KeppetipolaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Shalini Sharma
Qin Li
Douglas L Black
University of California, Los Angeles · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

The Regulation of Neuronal Exon SplicingR01GM049662 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BLACK, DOUGLAS L · 1998 to 2019
$6.5M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN NEURAL REPAIRT32NS007449 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHESSELET, MARIE-FRANCOISE S · 1998 to 2012
$1.9M
Genomic Measurement of Alternative Splicing by DNA ArrayR24GM070857 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI BLACK, DOUGLAS L · 2004 to 2008
$1.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM049662NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM49662NIGMS NIH HHS R24 GM070857NINDS NIH HHS 5T32 NS07449NINDS NIH HHS T32 NS007449
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative splicing patterns are regulated by RNA binding proteins that assemble onto each pre-mRNA to form a complex RNP structure. The polypyrimidine tract binding protein, PTB, has served as an informative model for understanding how RNA binding proteins affect spliceosome assembly and how changes in the expression of these proteins can control complex programs of splicing in tissues. In this review, we describe the mechanisms of splicing regulation by PTB and its function, along with its paralog PTBP2, in neuronal development.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsHumansPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA PrecursorsRNA SplicingPolypyrimidine Tract-Binding ProteinRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA Precursors

Identifiers

PMID22655688
PMCPMC3422667
OpenAlexW2024593827

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