期刊
CELL RESEARCH
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 148-161出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2008.4
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DNA replication; fidelity; Y-family polymerase; B-family polymerases; genome stability
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- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 ES065070-17] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [Z01ES065070] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
In their seminal publication describing the structure of the DNA double helix [1], Watson and Crick wrote what may be one of the greatest understatements in the scientific literature, namely that It has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material. Half a century later, we more fully appreciate what a huge challenge it is to replicate six billion nucleotides with the accuracy needed to stably maintain the human genome over many generations. This challenge is perhaps greater than was realized 50 years ago, because subsequent studies have revealed that the genome can be destabilized not only by environmental stresses that generate a large number and variety of potentially cytotoxic and mutagenic lesions in DNA but also by various sequence motifs of normal DNA that present challenges to replication. Towards a better understanding of the many determinants of genome stability, this chapter reviews the fidelity with which undamaged and damaged DNA is copied, with a focus on the eukaryotic B- and Y-family DNA polymerases, and considers how this fidelity is achieved.
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