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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Canela A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133249 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20170720 3
In this study, we show that evolutionarily conserved chromosome loop anchors bound by CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and cohesin are vulnerable to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) mediated by topoisomerase 2B (TOP2B). Polymorphisms in the genome that redistribute CTCF/cohesin occupancy rewire DNA cleavage sites to novel loop anchors. While transcription- and replication-coupled genomic rearrangements have been well documented, we demonstrate that DSBs formed at loop anchors are largely transcription ...[more]