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ArticleLife science alliance2018

Mouse REC114 is essential for meiotic DNA double-strand break formation and forms a complex with MEI4.

Rajeev Kumar, Cecilia Oliver, Christine Brun, Ariadna B Juarez-Martinez, Yara Tarabay, Jan Kadlec, Bernard de Massy

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Article in Life science alliance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. An Increase in Male Recombination Rate With Age in Dairy Cattle Is Heritable and Polygenic.Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie · 2026
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  10. HEIP1 orchestrates pro-crossover protein activity during mammalian meiosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  14. Advances in the genetic etiology of female infertility.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2024
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4 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rajeev KumarInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, Unité Mixte de Recherche 1318 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique-AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Versailles, France.
Cecilia OliverInstitut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Christine BrunInstitut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Ariadna B Juarez-MartinezInstitut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CNRS, Grenoble, France.
Yara TarabayInstitut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Jan KadlecInstitut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, CNRS, Grenoble, France.
Bernard de MassyInstitut de Génétique Humaine, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0950-2758
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRAgroParisTech · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) initiates the meiotic homologous recombination pathway. This pathway is essential for proper chromosome segregation at the first meiotic division and fertility. Meiotic DSBs are catalyzed by Spo11. Several other proteins are essential for meiotic DSB formation, including three evolutionarily conserved proteins first identified in

Identifiers

PMID30569039
PMCPMC6288613
OpenAlexW2952406177

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