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SUBMITTER: Pannunzio NR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6028021 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pannunzio Nicholas R NR Lieber Michael R MR
Cell reports 20160121 5
The interplay of transcription, topological tension, and chromosome breakage is a subject of intense interest, but, with so many facets to the problem, it is difficult to test. Here, we vary the orientation of promoters relative to one another in a yeast system that permits sensitive detection of chromosome breaks. Interestingly, convergent transcription that would direct RNA polymerases into one another does not increase chromosome breakage. In contrast, divergent transcription that would creat ...[more]