Nucleotide Excision Repair, Mismatch Repair, and R-Loops Modulate Convergent Transcription-Induced Cell Death and Repeat Instability

Yunfu Lin; John H. Wilson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046807

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Nucleotide Excision Repair, Mismatch Repair, and R-Loops Modulate Convergent Transcription-Induced Cell Death and Repeat Instability

Yunfu Lin,

Affiliation Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,United States of America
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John H. Wilson

* E-mail: jwilson@bcm.edu

Affiliation Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,United States of America
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Nucleotide Excision Repair, Mismatch Repair, and R-Loops Modulate Convergent Transcription-Induced Cell Death and Repeat Instability

Yunfu Lin,
John H. Wilson

Published: October 3, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046807

About the Authors

Yunfu Lin

Affiliation Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,United States of America

John H. Wilson

* E-mail: jwilson@bcm.edu

Affiliation Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL JHW. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL JHW. Wrote the paper: YL JHW.

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