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A defect in homologous recombination leads to increased translesion synthesis in E. coli.
Nucleic acids research - 19 Sept 2016
Naiman Karel, Pagès Vincent, Fuchs Robert P
Abstract excerpt
DNA damage tolerance pathways allow cells to duplicate their genomes despite the presence of replication blocking lesions. Cells possess two major tolerance strategies, namely translesion synthesis (TLS) and homology directed gap repair (HDGR). TLS pathways involve specialized DNA polymerases that are able to synthesize past DNA lesions with an intrinsic risk of causing point mutations. In contrast, HDGR pathways...
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