Transcription-induced formation of extrachromosomal DNA during yeast ageing.

Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) facilitates adaptive evolution by allowing rapid and extensive gene copy number variation and is implicated in the pathology of cancer and ageing. Here, we demonstrate that yeast aged under environmental copper accumulate high levels of eccDNA containing the co...

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Main Authors: Ryan M Hull, Michelle King, Grazia Pizza, Felix Krueger, Xabier Vergara, Jonathan Houseley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000471