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ArticleTranslational cancer research2013

DNA ligases as therapeutic targets.

Alan E Tomkinson, Timothy R L Howes, Nathaniel E Wiest

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Article in Translational cancer research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 54 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alan E TomkinsonDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA ; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA ; University of New Mexico Cancer Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Timothy R L Howes
Nathaniel E Wiest
University of New Mexico · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Roles of LIG3 and XRCC1 genes in genome stability.R01ES012512 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI Alan E Tomkinson · 2004 to 2026
$6.3M
CELLULAR FUNCTIONS OF EUKARYOTIC LIGASESR01GM047251 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI DAVIS, ANTHONY J, TOMKINSON, ALAN E · 1998 to 2021
$4.7M
ROLES OF DNA LIGASE I IN MAMMALIAN DNA METABOLISMR01GM057479 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI TOMKINSON, ALAN E · 2000 to 2017
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES012512NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047251NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM057479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During DNA replication, DNA joining events link Okazaki fragments on the lagging strand. In addition, they are required to repair DNA single- and double-strand breaks and to complete repair events initiated by the excision of mismatched and damaged bases. In human cells, there are three genes encoding DNA ligases. These enzymes are ATP-dependent and contain a conserved catalytic region. Biophysical studies have shown that the catalytic region contains three domains that, in the absence of DNA, are in an extended conformation. When the catalytic region engages a DNA nick, it adopts a compact, ring structure around the DNA nick with each of the three domains contacting the DNA. Protein-protein interactions involving the regions flanking the conserved catalytic regions of human DNA ligases play a major role in directing these enzymes to participate in specific DNA transactions. Among the human

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CancerDNA ligaseDNA repairDNA replicationgenome instabilitymitochondria

Identifiers

PMID24224145
PMCPMC3819426
OpenAlexW1960326586

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