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Direct Restart of a Replication Fork Stalled by a Head-On RNA Polymerase
Published on: April 29, 2010
Topoisomerase I prevents transcription-replication conflicts at transcription termination sites
Yaqun Liu1, Yea-Lih Lin2, Philippe Pasero2
1Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3244, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Abstract:
R-loops have both positive and negative impacts on chromosome functions. To identify toxic R-loops, we mapped RNA:DNA hybrids, markers of replication fork stalling and DNA double-strand breaks along the human genome. This analysis indicates that transient replication fork pausing occurs at the transcription termination sites of highly expressed genes enriched in R-loops and prevents head-on conflicts with transcription, in a topoisomerase I-dependent manner.
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