Collisions between Replication and Transcription Complexes Cause Common Fragile Site Instability at the Longest Human Genes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 966-977

  Helmrich, Anne ^a   Ballarino, Monica ^a   Tora, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B1; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FRAGILE HISTIDINE TRIAD PROTEIN; MSH4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P21; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBONUCLEASE H2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOBLAST; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METAPHASE; MYOBLAST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; GENES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84255198334     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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