Conserved roles of RECQ-like helicases Sgs1 and BLM in preventing R-loop induced genome instability
Carolina A. Novoa, Emily Yun-Chia Chang, Maria J. Aristizabal, Yan Coulombe, Romulo Segovia, Yaoqing Shen, Christelle Keong, Steven J.M. Jones, Jean-Yves Masson, Michael S. Kobor, Peter C. Stirling
This study shows Sgs1 and BLM helicases prevent R-loop induced genome instability in yeast and human cells by reducing R-loop accumulation and mitigating replication-transcription collisions.
bioRxiv · Mar 23, 2017 · PreprintCell Biology