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ArticleThe Journal of cell biology2004

Absence of BLM leads to accumulation of chromosomal DNA breaks during both unperturbed and disrupted S phases.

Wenhui Li, Soo-Mi Kim, Joon Lee, William G Dunphy

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Article in The Journal of cell biology, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenhui LiDivision of Biology 216-76, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
Soo-Mi Kim
Joon Lee
William G Dunphy
California Institute of Technology · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bloom's syndrome (BS), a disorder associated with genomic instability and cancer predisposition, results from defects in the Bloom's helicase (BLM) protein. In BS cells, chromosomal abnormalities such as sister chromatid exchanges occur at highly elevated rates. Using Xenopus egg extracts, we have studied Xenopus BLM (Xblm) during both unperturbed and disrupted DNA replication cycles. Xblm binds to replicating chromatin and becomes highly phosphorylated in the presence of DNA replication blocks. This phosphorylation depends on Xenopus ATR (Xatr) and Xenopus Rad17 (Xrad17), but not Claspin. Xblm and Xenopus topoisomerase IIIalpha (Xtop3alpha) interact in a regulated manner and associate with replicating chromatin interdependently. Immunodepletion of Xblm from egg extracts results in accumulation of chromosomal DNA breaks during both normal and perturbed DNA replication cycles. Disruption of the interaction between Xblm and Xtop3alpha has similar effects. The occurrence of DNA damage in the absence of Xblm, even without any exogenous insult to the DNA, may help to explain the genesis of chromosomal defects in BS cells.

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DNA DamageAdenosine TriphosphatasesAnimalsBloom SyndromeCell NucleusChromatinDNA HelicasesFemaleHumansMaleMethionineOvumRecQ HelicasesSpermatozoaS PhaseXenopusAdenosine TriphosphatasesBloom syndrome proteinChromatinDNA HelicasesMethionineRecQ Helicases

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PMID15197177
PMCPMC2172405
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