[HTML][HTML] Causes and consequences of DNA single-strand breaks

KW Caldecott - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) are among the most common lesions arising in human
cells, with tens to hundreds of thousands arising in each cell, each day. Cells have efficient …

DNA damage and transcription stress

L Milano, A Gautam, KW Caldecott - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Genome damage and transcription are intimately linked. Tens to hundreds of thousands of
DNA lesions arise in each cell each day, many of which can directly or indirectly impede …

[HTML][HTML] Helicases in R-loop formation and resolution

S Yang, L Winstone, S Mondal, Y Wu - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
With the development and wide usage of CRISPR technology, the presence of R-loop
structures, which consist of an RNA: DNA hybrid and a displaced single strand (ss) DNA …

Excessive transcription-replication conflicts are a vulnerability of BRCA1-mutant cancers

PS Patel, A Algouneh, R Krishnan… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
BRCA1 mutations are associated with increased breast and ovarian cancer risk. BRCA1-
mutant tumors are high-grade, recurrent, and often become resistant to standard therapies …

Regulation and function of R-loops at repetitive elements

A Gambelli, A Ferrando, C Boncristiani, S Schoeftner - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
R-loops are atypical, three-stranded nucleic acid structures that contain a stretch of RNA:
DNA hybrids and an unpaired, single stranded DNA loop. R-loops are physiological relevant …

R-loops, type I topoisomerases and cancer

S Saha, Y Pommier - NAR cancer, 2023 - academic.oup.com
R-loops are abundant and dynamic structures ubiquitously present in human cells both in
the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. They form in cis in the wake of transcription …

R-loops: emerging key regulators in plants

D Zheng, M Li, Y Yang, R Huang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The biological implications of R-loops are increasingly receiving attention in plant biology.
Compared with recent progresses in humans, the studies of R-loops in plants are lagging …

Double-strand break repair and mis-repair in 3D

J Zagelbaum, J Gautier - DNA repair, 2023 - Elsevier
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are lesions that arise frequently from exposure to
damaging agents as well as from ongoing physiological DNA transactions. Mis-repair of …

The regulation of m6A modification in glioblastoma: functional mechanisms and therapeutic approaches

S Deacon, L Walker, M Radhi, S Smith - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Brain tumours are a leading cause of cancer-related death in people
under the age of 40, but most remain untreatable. There is an urgent need for a greater …

The spatial regulation of mRNA metabolism: mechanisms and consequences of targeting to nuclear pore complexes

A Penzo - 2022 - theses.hal.science
The nuclear pore complex (NPC) is responsible for the exchanges between the nucleus and
the cytoplasm. NPCs are remarkable for the sophistication and the conservation of their …