R-loop-mediated genomic instability is caused by impairment of replication fork progression

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2041-2056

  Gan, Wenjian ^a,b   Guan, Zhishuang ^b   Liu, Jie ^b   Gui, Ting ^c   Shen, Keng ^c   Manley, James L ^d   Li, Xialu ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome stability; R loop; Replication; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA HYBRID;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL R LOOP;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 80053645721     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.17010011     Document Type: Article

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