STK19 is a transcription-coupled repair factor that participates in UVSSA ubiquitination and TFIIH loading

Y Tan, M Gao, Y Huang, D Zhan, S Wu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Transcription-coupled repair (TCR) is the major pathway to remove transcription-blocking
lesions. Although discovered for nearly 40 years, the mechanism and critical players of …

RNA polymerase tracking along damaged DNA: Impact on DNA repair and mutagenesis

YY Chiou, MG Kemp - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
DNA base lesions interfere with the fundamental processes of DNA replication and
transcription and therefore impact genome stability and cell viability if not efficiently repaired …

Genome-wide analysis of transcription-coupled repair reveals novel transcription events in Caenorhabditis elegans

C Kose, LA Lindsey-Boltz, A Sancar, Y Jiang - PLoS Genetics, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Bulky DNA adducts such as those induced by ultraviolet light are removed from the
genomes of multicellular organisms by nucleotide excision repair, which occurs through two …

Genetic background sets the trajectory of cancer evolution

SJ Aitken, F Connor, C Feig, TF Rayner, M Lukk, J Luft… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Human cancers are heterogeneous. Their genomes evolve from genetically diverse
germlines in complex and dynamic environments, including exposure to potential …

Selection efficacy differs between lifestages in the haploid-diploid Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis

T Shen, P Gadient, J Goodrich, H Becher - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Ploidy has profound effects on evolution. Perhaps the most compelling effect is related to
dominance: In cells with more than one genome copy, the effects of non-dominant …