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ReviewFEBS letters2010

The MRN complex in double-strand break repair and telomere maintenance.

Brandon J Lamarche, Nicole I Orazio, Matthew D Weitzman

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Review in FEBS letters, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 234 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
234citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

234 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 426 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Brandon J LamarcheLaboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Nicole I Orazio
Matthew D Weitzman
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and CommunicationT32CA009523 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI DONOGHUE, DANIEL J, YANG, JING · 1985 to 2025
$12.1M
Viral Modulation of Genetic StabilityR01CA097093 · NCI · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI WEITZMAN, MATTHEW D. · 2003 to 2019
$5.2M
AAV and the DNA Damage MachineryR01AI067952 · NIAID · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI WEITZMAN, MATTHEW D. · 2006 to 2010
$2.1M
Interactions of AAV with Cellular FactorsR01AI051686 · NIAID · SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES · PI WEITZMAN, MATTHEW D. · 2002 to 2006
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA097093NCI NIH HHS R01 CA097093NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009523NIAID NIH HHS AI051686NIAID NIH HHS AI067952NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051686NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI067952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genomes are subject to constant threat by damaging agents that generate DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). The ends of linear chromosomes need to be protected from DNA damage recognition and end-joining, and this is achieved through protein-DNA complexes known as telomeres. The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) complex plays important roles in detection and signaling of DSBs, as well as the repair pathways of homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). In addition, MRN associates with telomeres and contributes to their maintenance. Here, we provide an overview of MRN functions at DSBs, and examine its roles in telomere maintenance and dysfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA DamageDNA RepairGenomeHumansMiceModels, AnimalMutationNijmegen Breakage SyndromeSequence DeletionSignal TransductionTelomere

Identifiers

PMID20655309
PMCPMC2946096
OpenAlexW2028921845

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