Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24794402›Full record

ReviewDNA repair2014

Ribonucleotides in DNA: origins, repair and consequences.

Jessica S Williams, Thomas A Kunkel

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In one paragraph

Review in DNA repair, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
114citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

114 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Synthetic lethal mutants inJournal of bacteriology · 2023
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  3. Ribonucleotide errors, RNase HII, and ribonucleotide excision repair.Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology · 2026
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  10. bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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54 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica S WilliamsLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States.
Thomas A KunkelLaboratory of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States. Electronic address: kunkel@niehs.nih.gov.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · US

Funding

Structure-Function Studies Of DNA Replication FidelityZIAES065070 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KUNKEL, THOMAS A · 2009 to 2025
$30.6M
Structure-Function Studies Of DNA Replication FidelityZ01ES065070 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KUNKEL, THOMAS A · 1991 to 2008
$4.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES065070Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES065070
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While primordial life is thought to have been RNA-based (Cech, Cold Spring Harbor Perspect. Biol. 4 (2012) a006742), all living organisms store genetic information in DNA, which is chemically more stable. Distinctions between the RNA and DNA worlds and our views of "DNA" synthesis continue to evolve as new details emerge on the incorporation, repair and biological effects of ribonucleotides in DNA genomes of organisms from bacteria through humans.

Indexed as

BacteriaDNADNA RepairDNA ReplicationGenomic InstabilityHumansRibonuclease HRibonucleotidesRNASaccharomyces cerevisiaeDNARibonuclease HRibonucleotidesRNADNA polymeraseDNA repairDNA replicationGenome instabilityRibonucleotides

Identifiers

PMID24794402
PMCPMC4065383
OpenAlexW1990904040

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Registered trials

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