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Olga Usalka

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintOct 30, 2026

Mechanisms of fork stalling and reversal at pathogenic CANVAS (AAGGG)n repeats

Nicolas D. Mandel, Sofia Movafaghi, Rishika Vaid…·Sergei M. Mirkin

This paper investigates how (AAGGG)n repeats in the RFC1 gene cause DNA replication fork stalling and reversal, implicating G4-DNA and SMARCAL1 in the process.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.27.762263

humanDNA methylation