R loops: new modulators of genome dynamics and function

JM Santos-Pereira, A Aguilera - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2015 - nature.com
R loops are nucleic acid structures composed of an RNA–DNA hybrid and a displaced
single-stranded DNA. Recently, evidence has emerged that R loops occur more often in the …

R loops: from transcription byproducts to threats to genome stability

A Aguilera, T García-Muse - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
RNA: DNA hybrid structures known as R loops were thought to be rare byproducts of
transcription. In the last decade, however, accumulating evidence has pointed to a new view …

Causes of genome instability

A Aguilera, T García-Muse - Annual review of genetics, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Genomes are transmitted faithfully from dividing cells to their offspring. Changes that occur
during DNA repair, chromosome duplication, and transmission or via recombination provide …

R loops and links to human disease

P Richard, JL Manley - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Aberrant R-loop structures are increasingly being realized as an important contributor to
human disease. R loops, which are mainly co-transcriptional, abundant RNA/DNA hybrids …

Arginine methylation facilitates the recruitment of TOP3B to chromatin to prevent R loop accumulation

Y Yang, KM McBride, S Hensley, Y Lu, F Chedin… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Tudor domain-containing protein 3 (TDRD3) is a major methylarginine effector molecule that
reads methyl-histone marks and facilitates gene transcription. However, the underlying …

Out of balance: R-loops in human disease

M Groh, N Gromak - PLoS genetics, 2014 - journals.plos.org
R-loops are cellular structures composed of an RNA/DNA hybrid, which is formed when the
RNA hybridises to a complementary DNA strand and a displaced single-stranded DNA. R …

Genome‐wide function of THO/TREX in active genes prevents R‐loop‐dependent replication obstacles

B Gómez‐González, M García‐Rubio, R Bermejo… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
THO/TREX is a conserved nuclear complex that functions in mRNP biogenesis and prevents
transcription‐associated recombination. Whether or not it has a ubiquitous role in the …

RNase H enables efficient repair of R-loop induced DNA damage

JD Amon, D Koshland - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
R-loops, three-stranded structures that form when transcripts hybridize to chromosomal
DNA, are potent agents of genome instability. This instability has been explained by the …

Transcription as a threat to genome integrity

H Gaillard, A Aguilera - Annual review of biochemistry, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Genomes undergo different types of sporadic alterations, including DNA damage, point
mutations, and genome rearrangements, that constitute the basis for evolution. However …

[HTML][HTML] Non-B DNA structures as a booster of genome instability

RC Duardo, F Guerra, S Pepe, G Capranico - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
Non-canonical secondary structures (NCSs) are alternative nucleic acid structures that differ
from the canonical B-DNA conformation. NCSs often occur in repetitive DNA sequences and …