Replication gaps are a cancer vulnerability counteracted by translesion synthesis
S. Nayak, J. Calvo, K. Cong, E. Berthiaume, J. Jackson, R. C. Dash, A. Vindigni, K. M. Hadden, S. Cantor
The paper identifies that oncogene expression creates replication gaps, which are suppressed by translesion synthesis (TLS), and shows that inhibiting TLS reduces cancer cell fitness.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2019Cancer Biology