The role of replication-associated repair factors on R-loops

Genes

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Bhatia, Vaibhav ^a   Herrera Moyano, Emilia ^a   Aguilera, Andrés ^a   Gómez González, Belén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

BRCA; Cancer; DNA RNA hybrids; Fanconi anemia; Genetic instability; Replication stress

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP A PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP D2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP M PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA PROTEIN; HISTONE CHAPERONE COMPLEX FACT; HISTONE H3; RIBONUCLEASE H; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; RNA HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITE; CPG ISLAND; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PROMOTER REGION; R LOOPS; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 85022067411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes8070171     Document Type: Review

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