Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Evolutionary conservation of the fidelity of transcription

  • Claire Chung,
  • Bert M. Verheijen,
  • Zoe Navapanich,
  • Eric G. McGann,
  • Sarah Shemtov,
  • Guan-Ju Lai,
  • Payal Arora,
  • Atif Towheed,
  • Suraiya Haroon,
  • Agnes Holczbauer,
  • Sharon Chang,
  • Zarko Manojlovic,
  • Stephen Simpson,
  • Kelley W. Thomas,
  • Craig Kaplan,
  • Peter van Hasselt,
  • Marc Timmers,
  • Dorothy Erie,
  • Lin Chen,
  • Jean-Franćois Gout,
  • Marc Vermulst

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36525-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The molecular mechanisms that ensure faithful transcription of genetic information are still unclear. Chung et al. identify various genes, alleles and processes that affect the fidelity of transcription multiple organisms, suggesting evolutionary conservation of fidelity factors, and compare the error rate of transcription among these species.