Crosstalk between MSH2–MSH3 and polβ promotes trinucleotide repeat expansion during base excision repair

The expansion of trinucleotide repeats can have detrimental effects and give rise to a range of human diseases. Here the authors report that the mismatch repair and the base excision repair machinery can operate together to promote expansion during lesion removal.

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Main Authors: Yanhao Lai, Helen Budworth, Jill M. Beaver, Nelson L. S. Chan, Zunzhen Zhang, Cynthia T. McMurray, Yuan Liu
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3879ba8a8aee40aca671630c5cc0af1e
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