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ReviewJournal of cellular biochemistry2010

Unwinding protein complexes in ALTernative telomere maintenance.

Saumitri Bhattacharyya, April Sandy, Joanna Groden

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Review in Journal of cellular biochemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Chromosome instability syndromes.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2019
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  5. Telomerase and drug resistance in cancer.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2017
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  19. The RecQ DNA helicases in DNA repair.Annual review of genetics · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saumitri BhattacharyyaDepartment of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 460 W 12th Avenue, 986 Biomedical Research Tower, Columbus, Ohio 43210-2207, USA.
April Sandy
Joanna Groden
The Ohio State University · US

Funding

Functions of the BLM Helicase in Telomere MaintenanceR01CA117898 · NCI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GRODEN, JOANNA LOUISE · 2008 to 2012
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA-117898NCI NIH HHS R01 CA117898
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomeres are composed of specialized chromatin that includes DNA repair/recombination proteins, telomere DNA-binding proteins and a number of three dimensional nucleic acid structures including G-quartets and D-loops. A number of studies suggest that the BLM and WRN recQ-like helicases play important roles in recombination-mediated mechanisms of telomere elongation or Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT), processes that maintain/elongate telomeres in the absence of telomerase. BLM and WRN localize within ALT-associated nuclear bodies in telomerase-negative immortalized cell lines and interact with the telomere-specific proteins POT1, TRF1 and TRF2. Helicase activity is modulated by these interactions. BLM functions in DNA double-strand break repair processes such as non-homologous end joining, homologous recombination-mediated repair, resolution of stalled replication forks and synthesis-dependent strand annealing, although its precise functions at the telomeres are speculative. WRN also functions in DNA replication, recombination and repair, and in addition to its helicase domain, includes an exonuclease domain not found in other recQ-like helicases. The biochemical properties of BLM and WRN are, therefore, important in biological processes other than DNA replication, recombination and repair. In this review, we discuss some previous and recent findings of human rec-Q-like helicases and their role in telomere elongation during ALT processes.

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AnimalsHumansRecQ HelicasesTelomereTelomere-Binding ProteinsRecQ HelicasesTelomere-Binding Proteins

Identifiers

PMID19911388
PMCPMC2892175
OpenAlexW2019993877

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