Replication and transcription on a collision course: Eukaryotic regulation mechanisms and implications for DNA stability

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Brambati, Alessandra ^a   Colosio, Arianna ^a   Zardoni, Luca ^a   Galanti, Lorenzo ^a   Liberi, Giordano ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epigenetic instability; Genetic instability; Neurodegeneration; R loops; Replication stress; Replication transcription conflicts

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84940025910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00166     Document Type: Short Survey

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