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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

RAD51-mediated R-loop formation acts to repair transcription-associated DNA breaks driving antigenic variation in

Mark John Girasol, Marija Krasilnikova, Catarina A Marques, Jeziel D Damasceno, Craig Lapsley, Leandro Lemgruber, Richard Burchmore, Dario Beraldi, Ross Carruthers, Emma M Briggs and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mark John GirasolCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6524-4952
Marija KrasilnikovaCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.
Catarina A MarquesCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1324-5448
Jeziel D DamascenoCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2077-3214
Craig LapsleyCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.
Leandro LemgruberCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.
Richard BurchmoreCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1663-9004
Dario BeraldiCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.
Ross CarruthersCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 0YN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-1077-6120
Emma M BriggsCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6740-8882
Richard McCullochCollege of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, School of Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8TA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5739-976X
Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-DNA hybrids are epigenetic features of all genomes that intersect with many processes, including transcription, telomere homeostasis, and centromere function. Increasing evidence suggests that RNA-DNA hybrids can provide two conflicting roles in the maintenance and transmission of genomes: They can be the triggers of DNA damage, leading to genome change, or can aid the DNA repair processes needed to respond to DNA lesions. Evasion of host immunity by African trypanosomes, such as

Indexed as

Trypanosoma brucei bruceiAntigenic VariationDNADNA BreaksR-Loop StructuresRNAVariant Surface Glycoproteins, TrypanosomaDNARNAVariant Surface Glycoproteins, Trypanosomaantigenic variationDNA repairrecombinationRNA–DNA hybridtrypanosome

Identifiers

PMID37988471
PMCPMC10691351
OpenAlexW4388867431

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