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ArticleNAR cancer2020

Defining the mutation signatures of DNA polymerase θ in cancer genomes.

Taejoo Hwang, Shelley Reh, Yerkin Dunbayev, Yi Zhong, Yoko Takata, Jianjun Shen, Kevin M McBride, John P Murnane, Jong Bhak, Semin Lee and 2 more

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Article in NAR cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Taejoo HwangSchool of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
Shelley RehDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Yerkin DunbayevSchool of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
Yi ZhongDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Yoko TakataDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Jianjun ShenDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
Kevin M McBrideDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9646-152X
John P MurnaneDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3097-1468
Jong BhakSchool of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4228-1299
Semin LeeSchool of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
Richard D WoodDepartment of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9495-6892
Kei-Ichi TakataSchool of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8272-3397
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USInstitute for Basic Science · KRUlsan National Institute of Science and Technology · KRGenome Research Foundation · KRUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Project 4: Coordinating Nucleolytic Pathways During Crosslink RepairP01CA193124 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WOOD, RICHARD D · 2017 to 2022
$9.6M
Consequences of HELQ alterations in alcohol and tobacco-related cancersR03CA219434 · NCI · UNIST · PI TAKATA, KEIICHI · 2019 to 2022
$108k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA193124NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS R03 CA219434
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA polymerase theta (POLQ)-mediated end joining (TMEJ) is a distinct pathway for mediating DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. TMEJ is required for the viability of

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