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ReviewBiochimica et biophysica acta2009

Telomeres do the (un)twist: helicase actions at chromosome termini.

Alejandro Chavez, Amy M Tsou, F Brad Johnson

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Review in Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Using telomeric chromosomal aberrations to evaluate clastogen-induced genomic instability in mammalian cells.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2020
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  9. Genome-wide comprehensive analysis of human helicases.Communicative & integrative biology · 2011
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  11. The choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis karyotype revealed by the genome sequence: telomere-linked helicase genes resemble those of some fungi.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2009
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alejandro ChavezDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Amy M Tsou
F Brad Johnson
University of Pennsylvania · USInstitute on Aging · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR EPIGENETICS IN AGING AND LONGEVITYP01AG031862 · NIA · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI GARCIA, BENJAMIN A · 2008 to 2022
$28.3M
Training in Alzheimer’s and Age-Related Neurodegenerative DiseasesT32AG000255 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ALICE S CHEN-PLOTKIN, VIRGINIA M LEE · 1997 to 2026
$12.5M
Telomere maintenance by Werner syndrome family proteins.R01AG021521 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JOHNSON, F. BRAD · 2004 to 2013
$2.8M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG031862NIA NIH HHS P01-AG031862NIA NIH HHS R01 AG021521NIA NIH HHS R01-AG021521NIA NIH HHS T32 AG000255NIA NIH HHS T32-AG000255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres play critical roles in protecting genome stability, and their dysfunction contributes to cancer and age-related degenerative diseases. The precise architecture of telomeres, including their single-stranded 3' overhangs, bound proteins, and ability to form unusual secondary structures such as t-loops, is central to their function and thus requires careful processing by diverse factors. Furthermore, telomeres provide unique challenges to the DNA replication and recombination machinery, and are particularly suited for extension by the telomerase reverse transcriptase. Helicases use the energy from NTP hydrolysis to track along DNA and disrupt base pairing. Here we review current findings concerning how helicases modulate several aspects of telomere form and function.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationGenomic InstabilityAgingAnimalsDNA HelicasesHumansNeoplasmsRecombination, GeneticTelomeraseTelomereDNA HelicasesTelomeraseTERT protein, human

Identifiers

PMID19245831
PMCPMC2670356
OpenAlexW2110119894

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