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ArticleGenetics2006

The effect of gap length on double-strand break repair in Drosophila.

Dena M Johnson-Schlitz, William R Engels

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Article in Genetics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dena M Johnson-SchlitzDepartment of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
William R Engels
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

TRANSPOSITION AND DNA REPAIR IN DROSOPHILAR01GM030948 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ENGELS, WILLIAM R. · 1985 to 2011
$5.2M
DNA Repair and Aging in DrosophilaR56GM030948 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ENGELS, WILLIAM R. · 2007 to 2007
$490k
NIGMS NIH HHS GM30948NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM030948NIGMS NIH HHS R56 GM030948
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When a double-strand break has a gap between the broken ends, the missing information can be restored through synthesis from a homologous template. Here we address the question of how long such a gap can be before this process fails. We measured the frequency of homologous repair in the Drosophila germ line following the creation of gaps of specific sizes ranging from 3.8 to 210 kb. We found that gaps of <or=11 kb can be repaired with approximately the same efficiency as breaks with no gap at all. However, a gap of 44 kb was repaired only rarely, and one of 210 kb was not repaired at a measurable frequency. We conclude that DNA gap repair is a length-limited process, but that this limitation is critical only for gaps>>11 kb.

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AnimalsDNA DamageDNA RepairDrosophila

Identifiers

PMID16702417
PMCPMC1569718
OpenAlexW1976126246

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