Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31028453›Full record

ReviewCurrent genetics2019

The DNA damage checkpoint and the spindle position checkpoint: guardians of meiotic commitment.

Olivia Ballew, Soni Lacefield

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Review in Current genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Oocytes with impaired meiotic maturation contain increased mtDNA deletions.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Olivia BallewDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
Soni LacefieldDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. sonil@indiana.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2862-5067
Indiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

Timing and regulation of meiotic commitment in S cerevisiaeR01GM105755 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Soni Lacefield · 2014 to 2026
$4.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105755NIH HHS GM105755
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exogenous signals induce cells to enter the specialized cell division process of meiosis, which produces haploid gametes from diploid progenitor cells. Once cells initiate the meiotic divisions, it is imperative that they complete meiosis. Inappropriate exit from meiosis and entrance into mitosis can create polyploid cells and can lead to germline tumors. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells enter meiosis when starved of nutrients but can return to mitosis if provided nutrient-rich medium before a defined commitment point. Once past the meiotic commitment point in prometaphase I, cells stay committed to meiosis even in the presence of a mitosis-inducing signal. Recent research investigated the maintenance of meiotic commitment in budding yeast and found that two checkpoints that do not normally function in meiosis I, the DNA damage checkpoint and the spindle position checkpoint, have crucial functions in maintaining meiotic commitment. Here, we review these findings and discuss how the mitosis-inducing signal of nutrient-rich medium could activate these two checkpoints in meiosis to prevent inappropriate meiotic exit.

Indexed as

DNA DamageMeiosisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSpindle ApparatusDNA damage checkpointMeiosisMeiotic commitmentMitosisReturn-to-growthRTGSpindle position checkpoint

Identifiers

PMID31028453
PMCPMC7656984
OpenAlexW2940683296

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