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SUBMITTER: Sassa A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6346524 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sassa Akira A Yasui Manabu M Honma Masamitsu M
Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society 20190125
Ribonucleotides, which are RNA precursors, are often incorporated into DNA during replication. Although embedded ribonucleotides in the genome are efficiently removed by canonical ribonucleotide excision repair (RER), inactivation of RER causes genomic ribonucleotide accumulation, leading to various abnormalities in cells. Mutation of genes encoding factors involved in RER is associated with the neuroinflammatory autoimmune disorder Aicardi-Goutières syndrome. Over the last decade, the biologica ...[more]