Mismatch repair operates at the replication fork in direct competition with mismatch extension by DNA polymerase δ.

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DNA mismatch repair (MMR) in eukaryotes is believed to occur post-replicatively, wherein nicks or gaps in the nascent DNA strand are suggested to serve as strand discrimination signals. However, how such signals are generated in the nascent leading strand has remained unclear. Here we examine the alternative possibility that MMR occurs in conjunction with the replication fork. To this end, we utilize mutations in...

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