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ReviewBiomolecules2024

Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres in Yeast: Old Questions and New Approaches.

Kendra Musmaker, Jacob Wells, Meng-Chia Tsai, Josep M Comeron, Anna Malkova

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Review in Biomolecules, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Telomeric amplicons ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Mechanisms and genomic implications of break-induced replication.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. POLD3 as Controller of Replicative DNA Repair.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Review
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kendra MusmakerDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Jacob WellsDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Meng-Chia TsaiDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Josep M ComeronDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
Anna MalkovaDepartment of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Brandi Janssen · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
Double strand break repair maelstrom: causes, mechanisms and genome destabilizing consequencesR35GM127006 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER · PI Anna L Malkova · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Genetic and environmental factors affecting alternative lengthening of telomeresR01AG081263 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Josep M Comeron, Anna L Malkova · 2022 to 2026
$1.5M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG081263NIA NIH HHS R01AG081263NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM127006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) is a homologous recombination-based pathway utilized by 10-15% of cancer cells that allows cells to maintain their telomeres in the absence of telomerase. This pathway was originally discovered in the yeast

Indexed as

Saccharomyces cerevisiaeTelomereComputer SimulationDNA RepairRecombination, Geneticalternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT)ALT frequencyALT intermediatesbreak-induced replication (BIR)Oxford nanopore sequencing technology (ONT)yeast

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PMID38254712
PMCPMC10813009

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