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Replication fork integrity and intra-S phase checkpoint suppress gene amplification.
Nucleic acids research - 11 Mar 2015
Kondratova Anna, Watanabe Takaaki, Marotta Michael, Cannon Matthew, Segall Anca M, Serre David, Tanaka Hisashi
Abstract excerpt
Gene amplification is a phenotype-causing form of chromosome instability and is initiated by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Cells with mutant p53 lose G1/S checkpoint and are permissive to gene amplification. In this study we show that mammalian cells become proficient for spontaneous gene amplification when the function of the DSB repair protein complex MRN (Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1) is impaired. Cells with impaired...
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