Break-Induced Replication and Genome Stability

Genetic instabilities, including mutations and chromosomal rearrangements, lead to cancer and other diseases in humans and play an important role in evolution. A frequent cause of genetic instabilities is double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs), which may arise from a wide range of exogeneous and endogeneou...

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Main Authors: Anna Malkova, Sandeep Ayyar, Cynthia J. Sakofsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Biomolecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/2/4/483