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ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2018

Heterogeneity and specialized functions of translation machinery: from genes to organisms.

Naomi R Genuth, Maria Barna

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Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 141 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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

141 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 227 citations in OpenAlex.

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81 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naomi R GenuthDepartments of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Maria BarnaDepartments of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. mbarna@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · US

Funding

Supplement to Enhance Wellness and Resiliency in the Graduate EnvironmentT32GM007276 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MORRISON, ASHBY J. · 1985 to 2023
$32.9M
Specialized Translational Control of Stem Cell Differentiation and Embryonic DevelopmentR01HD086634 · NICHD · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BARNA, MARIA · 2016 to 2025
$5.5M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086634NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulation of mRNA translation offers the opportunity to diversify the expression and abundance of proteins made from individual gene products in cells, tissues and organisms. Emerging evidence has highlighted variation in the composition and activity of several large, highly conserved translation complexes as a means to differentially control gene expression. Heterogeneity and specialized functions of individual components of the ribosome and of the translation initiation factor complexes eIF3 and eIF4F, which are required for recruitment of the ribosome to the mRNA 5' untranslated region, have been identified. In this Review, we summarize the evidence for selective mRNA translation by components of these macromolecular complexes as a means to dynamically control the translation of the proteome in time and space. We further discuss the implications of this form of gene expression regulation for a growing number of human genetic disorders associated with mutations in the translation machinery.

Indexed as

5' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-3Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4FGene Expression RegulationHumansPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalRibosomes5' Untranslated RegionsEukaryotic Initiation Factor-3Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F

Identifiers

PMID29725087
PMCPMC6813789
OpenAlexW2800941085

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