Replication stress-induced chromosome breakage is correlated with replication fork progression and is preceded by single-stranded DNA formation

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 327-335

  Feng, Wenyi ^a,b   Di Rienzi, Sara C ^a   Raghuraman, M K ^a   Brewer, Bonita J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome fragile sites; Double strand breaks; Mec1; Replication checkpoint; Single stranded DNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868130069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.000554     Document Type: Article

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