Break-Induced Replication Is Highly Inaccurate
Author(s) -
Angela K. Deem,
Andrea Keszthelyi,
Tiffany Blackgrove,
Alexandra Vayl,
Barbara M. Coffey,
Ruchi Mathur,
Andrei Chabes,
Anna Malkova
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000594
Subject(s) - biology , dna replication , mutagenesis , dna polymerase , frameshift mutation , genetics , semiconservative replication , proofreading , control of chromosome duplication , dna repair , dna polymerase ii , processivity , dna , microbiology and biotechnology , mutation , gene , polymerase chain reaction , reverse transcriptase
DNA replication initiated by one-ended homologous recombination at a double-strand break is highly inaccurate, as it greatly stimulates frameshift mutations over the entire path of the replication fork.
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