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ReviewBioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology2017

Arranging eukaryotic nuclear DNA polymerases for replication: Specific interactions with accessory proteins arrange Pols α, δ, and ϵ in the replisome for leading-strand and lagging-strand DNA replication.

Thomas A Kunkel, Peter M J Burgers

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Review in BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. DNA polymerase α-primase can function as a translesion DNA polymerase.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. The proofreading mechanism of the human leading-strand DNA polymerase ε holoenzyme.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. Analysis of APOBEC-induced mutations in yeast strains with low levels of replicative DNA polymerases.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  20. The Eukaryotic CMG Helicase at the Replication Fork: Emerging Architecture Reveals an Unexpected Mechanism.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2018
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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.

Thomas A KunkelGenome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Peter M J BurgersDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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
MECHANISMS OF DNA REPLICATION AND MAINTENANCE IN EUKARYOTESR35GM118129 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURGERS, PETER M · 2016 to 2025
$6.7M
Structure-Function Studies Of DNA Replication FidelityZ01ES065070 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KUNKEL, THOMAS A · 1991 to 2008
$4.3M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES065070NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biochemical and cryo-electron microscopy studies have just been published revealing interactions among proteins of the yeast replisome that are important for highly coordinated synthesis of the two DNA strands of the nuclear genome. These studies reveal key interactions important for arranging DNA polymerases α, δ, and ϵ for leading and lagging strand replication. The CMG (Mcm2-7, Cdc45, GINS) helicase is central to this interaction network. These are but the latest examples of elegant studies performed in the recent past that lead to a much better understanding of how the eukaryotic replication fork achieves efficient DNA replication that is accurate enough to prevent diseases yet allows evolution.

Indexed as

Cryoelectron MicroscopyDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA HelicasesDNA ReplicationSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA HelicasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteinscryo-electron microscopyDNA polymerasesDNA replicationinitiation of replicationreplisome

Identifiers

PMID28749073
PMCPMC5579836
OpenAlexW2741989521

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