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ReviewSub-cellular biochemistry2012

The structure and function of replication protein A in DNA replication.

Aishwarya Prakash, Gloria E O Borgstahl

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Review in Sub-cellular biochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteins in the Archaea.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021
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  10. Structural Biology of Telomerase.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2019
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  17. RPA puts the brakes on MMEJ.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2014
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aishwarya PrakashDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Given Medical Building, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT, 05405, USA.
Gloria E O Borgstahl
Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Vermont · US

Funding

UNMC/EPPLEY CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANTP30CA036727 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Joann B. Sweasy · 1985 to 2026
$55.0M
SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY OF THE BER OXIDATIVE DNA GLYCOSYLASESP01CA098993 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI LEE, ANDREA J · 2004 to 2021
$25.9M
NCI NIH HHS P01CA098993NCI NIH HHS P30 CA036727NCI NIH HHS P30CA036727
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In all organisms from bacteria and archaea to eukarya, single-stranded DNA binding proteins play an essential role in most, if not all, nuclear metabolism involving single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Replication protein A (RPA), the major eukaryotic ssDNA binding protein, has two important roles in DNA metabolism: (1) in binding ssDNA to protect it and to keep it unfolded, and (2) in coordinating the assembly and disassembly of numerous proteins and protein complexes during processes such as DNA replication. Since its discovery as a vital player in the process of replication, RPAs roles in recombination and DNA repair quickly became evident. This chapter summarizes the current understanding of RPA's roles in replication by reviewing the available structural data, DNA-binding properties, interactions with various replication proteins, and interactions with DNA repair proteins when DNA replication is stalled.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNADNA RepairDNA ReplicationHumansMultiprotein ComplexesRecombination, GeneticReplication Protein AStructure-Activity RelationshipDNAMultiprotein ComplexesReplication Protein A

Identifiers

PMID22918586
PMCPMC13105471
OpenAlexW2168387253

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