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ArticlePloS one2011

DNA dynamics is likely to be a factor in the genomic nucleotide repeats expansions related to diseases.

Boian S Alexandrov, Vlad I Valtchinov, Ludmil B Alexandrov, Vladimir Gelev, Yossi Dagon, Jonathan Bock, Isaac S Kohane, Kim Ø Rasmussen, Alan R Bishop, Anny Usheva

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Boian S AlexandrovTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America.
Vlad I Valtchinov
Ludmil B Alexandrov
Vladimir Gelev
Yossi Dagon
Jonathan Bock
Isaac S Kohane
Kim Ø Rasmussen
Alan R Bishop
Anny Usheva
Harvard University Press · USUniversidad de las Américas · MXBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USBoston University · USComputing Center · RULos Alamos National Laboratory · USRogers Sciences (United States) · USUniversity of Massachusetts Boston · US

Funding

YY1 FUNCTIONS IN VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLSR01HL062458 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI USHEVA-SIMIDJIYSKA, ANNY · 2000 to 2008
$2.6M
Promoter Prediction Using the Opening Profile of DNAR01GM073911 · NIGMS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI USHEVA-SIMIDJIYSKA, ANNY · 2005 to 2009
$1.3M
Preventing the IncidentalomeR01LM010125 · NLM · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KOHANE, ISAAC S. · 2009 to 2010
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062458NIGMS NIH HHS GM073911NIGMS NIH HHS GM073911-04SNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM073911NLM NIH HHS R01 LM010125
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trinucleotide repeats sequences (TRS) represent a common type of genomic DNA motif whose expansion is associated with a large number of human diseases. The driving molecular mechanisms of the TRS ongoing dynamic expansion across generations and within tissues and its influence on genomic DNA functions are not well understood. Here we report results for a novel and notable collective breathing behavior of genomic DNA of tandem TRS, leading to propensity for large local DNA transient openings at physiological temperature. Our Langevin molecular dynamics (LMD) and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulations demonstrate that the patterns of openings of various TRSs depend specifically on their length. The collective propensity for DNA strand separation of repeated sequences serves as a precursor for outsized intermediate bubble states independently of the G/C-content. We report that repeats have the potential to interfere with the binding of transcription factors to their consensus sequence by altered DNA breathing dynamics in proximity of the binding sites. These observations might influence ongoing attempts to use LMD and MCMC simulations for TRS-related modeling of genomic DNA functionality in elucidating the common denominators of the dynamic TRS expansion mutation with potential therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

Binding SitesComputer SimulationDNAElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayHeLa CellsHumansMarkov ChainsNeoplasmsPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription FactorsTrinucleotide RepeatsDNATranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID21625483
PMCPMC3098838
OpenAlexW2017146185

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