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Francesca Storici1, Katarzyna Bebenek, Thomas A Kunkel

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIH, DHHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.

Nature
|April 13, 2007
PubMed
概括

这项研究表明,RNA可以直接模板DNA合成用于修复酵母中的DNA双链断裂 (DSB). 这一发现揭示了在DNA修复过程中通过RNA-DNA相互作用传递遗传信息的新机制.

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