Breaking bad: R-loops and genome integrity

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 514-522

  Sollier, Julie ^a   Cimprich, Karlene A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenomic stability; Gene expression; Genomic instability; R loop

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE II; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; CHROMATIN;

CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TEMPLATE; EPIGENETICS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; R LOOPS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ANIMAL; CHROMATIN; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84940467362     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2015.05.003     Document Type: Review

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