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ArticleJournal of nucleic acids2010

Overview of DNA Repair in Trypanosoma cruzi, Trypanosoma brucei, and Leishmania major.

Danielle Gomes Passos-Silva, Matheus Andrade Rajão, Pedro Henrique Nascimento de Aguiar, João Pedro Vieira-da-Rocha, Carlos Renato Machado, Carolina Furtado

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Article in Journal of nucleic acids, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Danielle Gomes Passos-SilvaDepartamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Matheus Andrade Rajão
Pedro Henrique Nascimento de Aguiar
João Pedro Vieira-da-Rocha
Carlos Renato Machado
Carolina Furtado

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A wide variety of DNA lesions arise due to environmental agents, normal cellular metabolism, or intrinsic weaknesses in the chemical bonds of DNA. Diverse cellular mechanisms have evolved to maintain genome stability, including mechanisms to repair damaged DNA, to avoid the incorporation of modified nucleotides, and to tolerate lesions (translesion synthesis). Studies of the mechanisms related to DNA metabolism in trypanosomatids have been very limited. Together with recent experimental studies, the genome sequencing of Trypanosoma brucei, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania major, three related pathogens with different life cycles and disease pathology, has revealed interesting features of the DNA repair mechanism in these protozoan parasites, which will be reviewed here.

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PMID20976268
PMCPMC2952945

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