Dynamics of replication origin over-activation

oleh: Haiqing Fu, Christophe E. Redon, Bhushan L. Thakur, Koichi Utani, Robin Sebastian, Sang-Min Jang, Jacob M. Gross, Sara Mosavarpour, Anna B. Marks, Sophie Z. Zhuang, Sarah B. Lazar, Mishal Rao, Shira T. Mencer, Adrian M. Baris, Lorinc S. Pongor, Mirit I. Aladjem

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01

Deskripsi

DNA replication processes are often dysregulated in cancer. Here the authors analyse DNA synthesis patterns in cancer cells undergoing partial genome re-replication to reveal that re-replication exhibits aberrant replication fork dynamics and a skewed distribution of replication initiation that over-duplicates early-replicating genomic regions.