Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Continuous transcription initiation guarantees robust repair of all transcribed genes and regulatory regions

  • Anastasios Liakos,
  • Dimitris Konstantopoulos,
  • Matthieu D. Lavigne,
  • Maria Fousteri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14566-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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A transcription-driven cellular response is activated upon UV stress. Here the authors reveal mechanistic insights into the regulatory process affecting transcription and chromatin dynamics, showing how maintaining Pol II firing safeguards the integrity of cells’ transcriptome