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ReviewBiochemistry2019

A Tour de Force on the Double Helix: Exploiting DNA Mechanics To Study DNA-Based Molecular Machines.

Michael R Wasserman, Shixin Liu

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Review in Biochemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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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.

Michael R WassermanLaboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry , The Rockefeller University , New York , New York 10065 , United States.
Shixin LiuLaboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry , The Rockefeller University , New York , New York 10065 , United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4238-7066
Rockefeller University · US

Funding

Probing Symmetry Breaking in Epigenetic Inheritance: From Single Molecules to Systems BiologyDP2HG010510 · NHGRI · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI LIU, SHIXIN · 2018 to 2018
$2.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS DP2 HG010510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA is both a fundamental building block of life and a fascinating natural polymer. The advent of single-molecule manipulation tools made it possible to exert controlled force on individual DNA molecules and measure their mechanical response. Such investigations elucidated the elastic properties of DNA and revealed its distinctive structural configurations across force regimes. In the meantime, a detailed understanding of DNA mechanics laid the groundwork for single-molecule studies of DNA-binding proteins and DNA-processing enzymes that bend, stretch, and twist DNA. These studies shed new light on the metabolism and transactions of nucleic acids, which constitute a major part of the cell's operating system. Furthermore, the marriage of single-molecule fluorescence visualization and force manipulation has enabled researchers to directly correlate the applied tension to changes in the DNA structure and the behavior of DNA-templated complexes. Overall, experimental exploitation of DNA mechanics has been and will continue to be a unique and powerful strategy for understanding how molecular machineries recognize and modify the physical state of DNA to accomplish their biological functions.

Indexed as

Biomechanical PhenomenaDNANucleic Acid ConformationSingle Molecule ImagingDNA

Identifiers

PMID31251042
PMCPMC6879785
OpenAlexW2954196985

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