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ReviewDNA repair2017

Template-switching during replication fork repair in bacteria.

Susan T Lovett

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Review in DNA repair, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Extrachromosomal DNA and cancer: function, formation, and clinical implications.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
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  12. Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023
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  17. Revisiting mutagenesis at non-B DNA motifs in the human genome.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2023
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Susan T LovettDepartment of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2454-9110, USA. Electronic address: lovett@brandeis.edu.
Brandeis University · US

Funding

Replication Fork RepairR01GM051753 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LOVETT, SUSAN THOMAS · 1994 to 2025
$10.7M
Mutations Arising During DNA RepairP01GM105473 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LOVETT, SUSAN THOMAS · 2014 to 2018
$8.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM105473NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM051753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication forks frequently are challenged by lesions on the DNA template, replication-impeding DNA secondary structures, tightly bound proteins or nucleotide pool imbalance. Studies in bacteria have suggested that under these circumstances the fork may leave behind single-strand DNA gaps that are subsequently filled by homologous recombination, translesion DNA synthesis or template-switching repair synthesis. This review focuses on the template-switching pathways and how the mechanisms of these processes have been deduced from biochemical and genetic studies. I discuss how template-switching can contribute significantly to genetic instability, including mutational hotspots and frequent genetic rearrangements, and how template-switching may be elicited by replication fork damage.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationRecombinational DNA RepairBacteriaDNA, BacterialDNA RepairDNA, BacterialCopy number variationDNA replicationGenetic recombinationMutagenesisPostreplication repairQuasipalindrome

Identifiers

PMID28641943
PMCPMC5538584
OpenAlexW2624914854

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