Break-Induced Replication Is a Source of Mutation Clusters Underlying Kataegis

Clusters of simultaneous multiple mutations can be a source of rapid change during carcinogenesis and evolution. Such mutation clusters have been recently shown to originate from DNA damage within long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) formed at resected double-strand breaks and dysfunctional replication...

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Main Authors: Cynthia J. Sakofsky, Steven A. Roberts, Ewa Malc, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Michael A. Resnick, Dmitry A. Gordenin, Anna Malkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714003714