The chromatin assembly factor 1 promotes Rad51-dependent template switches at replication forks by counteracting D-loop disassembly by the RecQ-type helicase Rqh1.

At blocked replication forks, homologous recombination mediates the nascent strands to switch template in order to ensure replication restart, but faulty template switches underlie genome rearrangements in cancer cells and genomic disorders. Recombination occurs within DNA packaged into chromatin th...

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Main Authors: Violena Pietrobon, Karine Fréon, Julien Hardy, Audrey Costes, Ismail Iraqui, Françoise Ochsenbein, Sarah A E Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001968