Telomere Fragility and MiDAS: Managing the Gaps at the End of the Road

Telomeres present inherent difficulties to the DNA replication machinery due to their repetitive sequence content, formation of non-B DNA secondary structures, and the presence of the nucleo-protein t-loop. Especially in cancer cells, telomeres are hot spots for replication stress, which can result...

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Main Authors: Ryan P. Barnes, Sanjana A. Thosar, Patricia L. Opresko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/2/348