The role of microhomology in genomic structural variation

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 85-94

  Ottaviani, Diego ^a   LeCain, Magdalena ^a   Sheer, Denise ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double strand breaks; Genomic disorders; Microhomology; Microhomology mediated break induced replication; Microhomology mediated end joining; Structural variation

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROHOMOLOGY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC STRUCTURAL VARIATION; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84896715928     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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