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ReviewGenes2017

A Critical Balance: dNTPs and the Maintenance of Genome Stability.

Chen-Chun Pai, Stephen E Kearsey

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In one paragraph

Review in Genes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
90citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

90 citing papers in PubMed, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chen-Chun PaiCRUK-MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, ORCRB, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK. chun.pai@oncology.ox.ac.uk.
Stephen E KearseyDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. stephen.kearsey@zoo.ox.ac.uk.
CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/L016591/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A crucial factor in maintaining genome stability is establishing deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) levels within a range that is optimal for chromosomal replication. Since DNA replication is relevant to a wide range of other chromosomal activities, these may all be directly or indirectly affected when dNTP concentrations deviate from a physiologically normal range. The importance of understanding these consequences is relevant to genetic disorders that disturb dNTP levels, and strategies that inhibit dNTP synthesis in cancer chemotherapy and for treatment of other disorders. We review here how abnormal dNTP levels affect DNA replication and discuss the consequences for genome stability.

Indexed as

DNA polymerasedNTPgenome instabilityproofreadingreplication fidelityribonucleotide reductase

Identifiers

PMID28146119
PMCPMC5333046
OpenAlexW2584337371

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