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ArticleNature2025

Structural dynamics of DNA unwinding by a replicative helicase.

Taha Shahid, Ammar U Danazumi, Muhammad Tehseen, Lubna Alhudhali, Alice R Clark, Christos G Savva, Samir M Hamdan, Alfredo De Biasio

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Taha Shahid *Bioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7943-640X
Ammar U Danazumi *Bioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3763-056X
Muhammad TehseenBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Lubna AlhudhaliBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Alice R ClarkBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Christos G SavvaBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Samir M HamdanBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. samir.hamdan@kaust.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0001-5192-1852
Alfredo De BiasioBioscience Program, Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. alfredo.debiasio@kaust.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0003-2139-2958

Funding

Competitive Research AwardKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hexameric helicases are nucleotide-driven molecular machines that unwind DNA to initiate replication across all domains of life. Despite decades of intensive study, several critical aspects of their function remain unresolved

Indexed as

DNADNA HelicasesSimian virus 40Adenosine TriphosphateCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA ReplicationEntropyHydrolysisModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationReplication OriginAdenosine TriphosphateDNADNA Helicases

Identifiers

PMID40108462
PMCPMC12043514

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