Transcription-replication encounters, consequences and genomic instability

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 412-418

  Helmrich, Anne ^a,c   Ballarino, Monica ^a,d   Nudler, Evgeny ^b   Tora, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN E; DNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE H4; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TEMPLATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

DNA REPLICATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84876188716     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2543     Document Type: Review

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