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ReviewBiophysical reviews2016

The dynamic interplay between DNA topoisomerases and DNA topology.

Yeonee Seol, Keir C Neuman

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Review in Biophysical reviews, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Roles of Topoisomerases in Transcriptional Regulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  2. Mechanistic basis for relaxation of DNA supercoils by human topoisomerase IIIα-RMI1-RMI2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Insights into the Lysine Acetylome of the HaloarchaeonAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yeonee SeolLaboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, 50 South Dr., Room 3517, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Keir C NeumanLaboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health, 50 South Dr., Room 3517, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. neumankc@mail.nih.gov.
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Single-molecule measurements of DNA topology and topoisomerasesZIAHL001056 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI NEUMAN, KEIR · 2009 to 2025
$22.6M
Single-molecule measurements of DNA topology and topoisomerasesZ01HL001056 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI NEUMAN, KEIR · 2007 to 2008
$2.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 HL001056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topological properties of DNA influence its structure and biochemical interactions. Within the cell, DNA topology is constantly in flux. Transcription and other essential processes, including DNA replication and repair, not only alter the topology of the genome but also introduce additional complications associated with DNA knotting and catenation. These topological perturbations are counteracted by the action of topoisomerases, a specialized class of highly conserved and essential enzymes that actively regulate the topological state of the genome. This dynamic interplay among DNA topology, DNA processing enzymes, and DNA topoisomerases is a pervasive factor that influences DNA metabolism in vivo. Building on the extensive structural and biochemical characterization over the past four decades that has established the fundamental mechanistic basis of topoisomerase activity, scientists have begun to explore the unique roles played by DNA topology in modulating and influencing the activity of topoisomerases. In this review we survey established and emerging DNA topology-dependent protein-DNA interactions with a focus on in vitro measurements of the dynamic interplay between DNA topology and topoisomerase activity.

Indexed as

Cancer therapyDNA supercoilingDNA topologyProteinTopoisomerase

Identifiers

PMID28510219
PMCPMC5418509
OpenAlexW2468018643

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