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ReviewAnnual review of biochemistry2017

Eukaryotic DNA Replication Fork.

Peter M J Burgers, Thomas A Kunkel

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Review in Annual review of biochemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 320 papers.

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320citing papers in PubMed
21.0field-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

320 citing papers in PubMed, 499 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. PARP1-mediated 5' flap dynamics facilitate Okazaki fragment maturation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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260 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peter M J BurgersDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110; email: burgers@biochem.wustl.edu.
Thomas A KunkelGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709; email: kunkel@niehs.nih.gov.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USWashington University in St. Louis · 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
NIEHS Knock Out Mouse Core (KOMC) Annual ReportZICES102425 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI RAY, MANAS · 2010 to 2025
$20.1M
MECHANISMS OF DNA REPLICATION AND MAINTENANCE IN EUKARYOTESR35GM118129 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGERS, PETER M · 2016 to 2025
$6.7M
ENZYMOLOGY OF REPLICATION OF YEAST CHROMOSOMAL DNAR01GM032431 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGERS, PETER M · 1985 to 2015
$6.5M
Structure-Function Studies Of DNA Replication FidelityZ01ES065070 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KUNKEL, THOMAS A · 1991 to 2008
$4.3M
KINASE ACTIVATION IN THE DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINTSR01GM083970 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGERS, PETER M · 2009 to 2016
$2.1M
STUDIES OF DNA MISMATCH REPAIRZ01ES065089 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KUNKEL, THOMAS A · 1997 to 2008
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES065070Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES065089NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032431NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083970NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on the biogenesis and composition of the eukaryotic DNA replication fork, with an emphasis on the enzymes that synthesize DNA and repair discontinuities on the lagging strand of the replication fork. Physical and genetic methodologies aimed at understanding these processes are discussed. The preponderance of evidence supports a model in which DNA polymerase ε (Pol ε) carries out the bulk of leading strand DNA synthesis at an undisturbed replication fork. DNA polymerases α and δ carry out the initiation of Okazaki fragment synthesis and its elongation and maturation, respectively. This review also discusses alternative proposals, including cellular processes during which alternative forks may be utilized, and new biochemical studies with purified proteins that are aimed at reconstituting leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis separately and as an integrated replication fork.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesDNA Polymerase IDNA Polymerase IIDNA Polymerase IIIEukaryotic CellsHumansMinichromosome Maintenance ProteinsCDC45 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesDNA Polymerase IDNA Polymerase IIDNA Polymerase IIIGINS1 protein, humanMinichromosome Maintenance ProteinsOkazaki fragmentsCMG helicaseDNA polymeraseDNA primaseOkazaki fragmentreplisome coordination

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PMID28301743
PMCPMC5597965
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