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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2014

Sources of DNA double-strand breaks and models of recombinational DNA repair.

Anuja Mehta, James E Haber

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 435 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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435citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

435 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 725 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Mechanisms and disease relevance of DNA break repair pathway choice.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2026
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  16. Gene conversion is a key driver of diversity hotspots inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  19. Dynamic Assemblies in Genome Maintenance.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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375 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.

Anuja MehtaRosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, MS029 Rosenstiel Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110.
James E HaberRosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, MS029 Rosenstiel Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9110.
Brandeis University · US

Funding

Recombination Mechanisms in Yeast Cell DifferentiationR37GM020056 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HABER, JAMES E · 2007 to 2016
$5.5M
Arrest, Recovery, and Adaptation from DNA DamageR01GM061766 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HABER, JAMES E · 2001 to 2016
$4.6M
Analysis of Break-Induced ReplicationR01GM076020 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HABER, JAMES E · 2006 to 2017
$3.4M
RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS IN YEAST CELL DIFFERENTIATIONR01GM020056 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI HABER, JAMES E · 1985 to 2006
$3.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM20056NIGMS NIH HHS GM61766NIGMS NIH HHS GM76020NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM020056NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM061766NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM076020NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM020056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA is subject to many endogenous and exogenous insults that impair DNA replication and proper chromosome segregation. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most toxic of these lesions and must be repaired to preserve chromosomal integrity. Eukaryotes are equipped with several different, but related, repair mechanisms involving homologous recombination, including single-strand annealing, gene conversion, and break-induced replication. In this review, we highlight the chief sources of DSBs and crucial requirements for each of these repair processes, as well as the methods to identify and study intermediate steps in DSB repair by homologous recombination.

Indexed as

DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedRecombinational DNA RepairRecombination, GeneticAnimalsCell CycleChromosomesDNA, CruciformDNA ReplicationGenes, Mating Type, FungalHumansSaccharomyces cerevisiaeDNA, Cruciform

Identifiers

PMID25104768
PMCPMC4142968
OpenAlexW2144171940

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