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NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 204-214Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3152
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- US National Institutes of Health
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Alterations in genome sequence and structure contribute to somatic disease, affect the fitness of subsequent generations and drive evolutionary processes. The crucial roles of highly accurate replication and efficient repair in maintaining overall genome integrity are well-known, but the more localized stability costs that are associated with transcribing DNA into RNA molecules are less appreciated. Here we review the diverse ways in which the essential process of transcription alters the underlying DNA template and thereby modifies the genetic landscape.
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