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Translesion Synthesis: Insights into the Selection and Switching of DNA Polymerases.

Linlin Zhao, M Todd Washington

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Review in Genes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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49citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 75 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Linlin ZhaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA. linlin.zhao@cmich.edu.
M Todd WashingtonDepartment of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. todd-washington@uiowa.edu.
Central Michigan University · USUniversity of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Christopher K Laubenthal · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Mechanisms of Damaged DNA Replication in EukaryotesR01GM081433 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WASHINGTON, M. TODD · 2008 to 2021
$4.2M
Novel functions of PrimPol in ribonucleotide-induced genome instabilityR15GM117522 · NIGMS · CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY · PI ZHAO, LINLIN · 2016 to 2016
$432k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081433NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM117522
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA replication is constantly challenged by DNA lesions, noncanonical DNA structures and difficult-to-replicate DNA sequences. Two major strategies to rescue a stalled replication fork and to ensure continuous DNA synthesis are: (1) template switching and recombination-dependent DNA synthesis; and (2) translesion synthesis (TLS) using specialized DNA polymerases to perform nucleotide incorporation opposite DNA lesions. The former pathway is mainly error-free, and the latter is error-prone and a major source of mutagenesis. An accepted model of translesion synthesis involves DNA polymerase switching steps between a replicative DNA polymerase and one or more TLS DNA polymerases. The mechanisms that govern the selection and exchange of specialized DNA polymerases for a given DNA lesion are not well understood. In this review, recent studies concerning the mechanisms of selection and switching of DNA polymerases in eukaryotic systems are summarized.

Indexed as

DNA damageDNA lesion bypassDNA polymerasegenomic instabilitymutagenesistranslesion synthesis

Identifiers

PMID28075396
PMCPMC5295019
OpenAlexW2567866195

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