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Role of swi7H4 mutant allele of DNA polymerase α in the DNA damage checkpoint response.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Khan Saman, Ahmed Shakil
Abstract excerpt
Besides being a mediator of initiation of DNA replication, DNA polymerase α plays a key role in chromosome maintenance. Swi7H4, a novel temperature sensitive mutant of DNA polymerase α was shown to be defective in transcriptional silencing at the mating type centromere and telomere loci. It is also required for the establishment of chromatin state that can recruit the components of the heterochromatin machinery...
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