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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2020

Genetic Assays to Study Repeat Fragility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Erica J Polleys, Catherine H Freudenreich

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2020. 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
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erica J PolleysDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
Catherine H FreudenreichDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA. catherine.freudenreich@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

Mutations Arising During DNA RepairP01GM105473 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LOVETT, SUSAN THOMAS · 2014 to 2018
$8.6M
Fork Restart at Replication Barriers and Effects on Genome StabilityR01GM122880 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI FREUDENREICH, CATHERINE H · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM105473NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trinucleotide repeats are common in the human genome and can undergo changes in repeat number and cause length-dependent chromosome fragility. Expanded CAG repeats have been linked to over 14 human diseases and are considered hotspots for breakage and genomic rearrangement. Here we describe two Saccharomyces cerevisiae based assays that evaluate the rate of chromosome breakage that occurs within a repeat tract (fragility), with variations that allow the role of transcription to be evaluated. The first fragility assay utilizes end-loss and subsequent telomere addition as the main mode of repair of a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC). The second fragility assay relies on the fact that a chromosomal break stimulates recombination-mediated repair. A PCR-based assay can be used to evaluate instability of the repeat in the same conditions used to measure repeat fragility. These assays have contributed to understanding the genetic mechanisms that cause chromosome breaks and tract-length changes at unstable trinucleotide repeats.

Indexed as

Chromosome FragilityChromosomes, Artificial, YeastRecombinational DNA RepairSaccharomyces cerevisiaeTranscription, GeneticTrinucleotide RepeatsChromosome breakageDirect duplication recombination assay (DDRA)FragilityRepeat instabilityYeast artificial chromosome (YAC)

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PMID31586342
PMCPMC7181387
OpenAlexW2978520048

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