The Helix Twist: Damage and Repair Follows the DNA Minor Groove

Eran Kotler, Eran Segal

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Abstract

Mutation frequencies vary along the genome, but the factors determining this variability are only partially understood. Pich et al. unravel a similar to 10 bp periodicity in mutation rates at nucleosome-proximal regions that follows minor groove orientation. Opposing differential DNA damage and repair processes could shape genetic divergence irrespective of selection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)902-904
Number of pages3
JournalCell
Volume175
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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