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Out of balance: R-loops in human disease.
PLoS genetics - 1 Sept 2014
Groh Matthias, Gromak Natalia
Abstract excerpt
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-loops have been detected in various organisms from bacteria to mammals and play crucial roles in regulating gene expression, DNA and histone modifications, immunoglobulin class switch recombination, DNA replication, and genome stability. Recent...
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