A model for DNA replication showing how dormant origins safeguard against replication fork failure

EMBO Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-412

  Blow, J Julian ^a   Ge, Xin Quan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAZOON; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

METAZOA;

EID: 64049108074     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2009.5     Document Type: Article

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