Pre-mRNA processing factors meet the DNA damage response

It is well known that DNA damaging agents induce genome instability, but only recently have we begun to appreciate that chromosomes are fragile per se and frequently subject to DNA breakage. DNA replication further magnifies such fragility, because it leads to accumulation of single-stranded DNA. Re...

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Main Authors: Alessandra eMontecucco, Giuseppe eBiamonti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2013.00102/full