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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

Special Issue: A, B and Z: The Structure, Function and Genetics of Z-DNA and Z-RNA.

Alan Herbert, Sergey Karapetyan, Maria Poptsova, Karen M Vasquez, Quentin Vicens, Beat Vögeli

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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.

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The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alan HerbertInsideOutBio, Discovery, 42 2 8th Street, Unit 3412, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0093-1572
Sergey KarapetyanExternal Communications Unit, Faculty of Computer Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 11 Pokrovsky Boulvar, 101000 Moscow, Russia.
Maria PoptsovaLaboratory of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Computer Science, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 11 Pokrovsky Boulvar, 101000 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-7198-8234
Karen M VasquezDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, 1400 Barbara Jordan Blvd, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Quentin VicensDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3751-530X
Beat VögeliDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is now difficult to believe that a biological function for the left-handed Z-DNA and Z-RNA conformations was once controversial. The papers in this Special Issue, "Z-DNA and Z-RNA: from Physical Structure to Biological Function", are based on presentations at the ABZ2021 meeting that was held virtually on 19 May 2021 and provide evidence for several biological functions of these structures. The first of its kind, this international conference gathered over 200 scientists from many disciplines to specifically address progress in research involving Z-DNA and Z-RNA. These high-energy left-handed conformers of B-DNA and A-RNA are associated with biological functions and disease outcomes, as evidenced from both mouse and human genetic studies. These alternative structures, referred to as "flipons", form under physiological conditions, regulate type I interferon responses and induce necroptosis during viral infection. They can also stimulate genetic instability, resulting in adaptive evolution and diseases such as cancer. The meeting featured cutting-edge science that was, for the most part, unpublished. We plan for the ABZ meeting to reconvene in 2022.

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Nucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsCongresses as TopicDNA, Z-FormHumansMiceRNADNA, Z-FormRNA

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PMID34299306
PMCPMC8304279

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