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ReviewChromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology2007

Telomere regulation and function during meiosis.

Manos Siderakis, Madalena Tarsounas

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Review in Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Meiotic telomeres of vole B chromosomes: shelterin and associated proteins provide a link to the nuclear envelope.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2026
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  3. Telomere Reprogramming and Cellular Metabolism: Is There a Link?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  16. Hallmarks of senescence and aging.Biochemia medica · 2019
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  20. Nuclear Envelope-Associated Chromosome Dynamics during Meiotic Prophase I.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manos SiderakisRadiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK.
Madalena Tarsounas
Churchill Hospital · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK A6444
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres are essential for genomic stability and their dysfunction has been implicated in cancer and ageing. The most prominent function of the telomeres is to protect chromosome ends against degradation and fusion, which, in turn, requires maintenance of telomere DNA to a critical length that allows assembly of end-capping structures. During early meiosis, telomeres play the distinctive function of anchoring chromosomes to the inner nuclear membrane. Subsequently, as a consequence of the nuclear membrane polarization, telomeres cluster together into a bouquet configuration, which facilitates pairing and recombination of the homologous chromosomes. Here we review how the two fundamental aspects of telomere maintenance, elongation and protection, contribute to the essential functions performed by telomeres during meiosis.

Indexed as

AnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMeiosisMiceModels, GeneticOogenesisSpermatogenesisTelomeraseTelomereTelomerase

Identifiers

PMID17674153
PMCPMC2459255
OpenAlexW1995125842

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