Pathogenic CANVAS (AAGGG)n repeats stall DNA replication due to the formation of alternative DNA structures
Julia A. Hisey, Elina A. Radchenko, Nicholas H Mandel, Ryan J. McGinty, Gabriel E. Matos-Rodrigues, Anastasia Rastokina, Chiara Masnovo, Silvia Ceschi, Alfredo J. Hernandez, André Nussenzweig, Sergei M. Mirkin
This study shows that pathogenic (A2G3)n repeats in CANVAS stall DNA replication by forming alternative DNA structures like triplexes, while nonpathogenic (A4G)n repeats do not.
Nucleic Acids Research · Feb 21, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetics