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The importance of repairing stalled replication forks

Cox, Michael M., Goodman, Myron F., Kreuzer, Kenneth N., Sherratt, David J., Sandler, Steven J., Marians, Kenneth J.·2000·Nature

Abstract

The bacterial SOS response to unusual levels of DNA damage has been recognized and studied for several decades. Pathways for re-establishing inactivated replication forks under normal growth conditions have received far less attention. In bacteria growing aerobically in the absence of SOS-inducing conditions, many replication forks encounter DNA damage, leading to inactivation. The pathways for fork reactivation involve the homologous recombination systems, are nonmutagenic, and integrate almost every aspect of DNA metabolism. On a frequency-of-use basis, these pathways represent the main function of bacterial DNA recombination systems, as well as the main function of a number of other enzymatic systems that are associated with replication and site-specific recombination.

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Authors
Cox, M. M., Goodman, M. F., Kreuzer, K. N., Sherratt, D. J., Sandler, S. J., & Marians, K. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin System (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • Duke Medical Center (US)
  • University of Oxford (GB)
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
2000-03
Volume
404
Issue
6773
Pages
37-41
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W1570361288
Cited by
1,044
References
63
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FWCI
28.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R37GM034557)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
Keywords
stalled replication forks, bacterial DNA damage, SOS response, homologous recombination, DNA repair, site-specific recombination, DNA metabolism
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Bacterial Proteins, Chromosomes, Bacterial, DNA Replication, DNA, Bacterial, Escherichia coli, Recombination, Genetic, SOS Response, Genetics, Replication Origin

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