Replication Forks (IMAGE)

Université de Genève

Replication Forks

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The parental DNA (blue) opens up to allow the replication of two new strands (red). The BIR repair process leads to the aberrant duplication of DNA fragments (green).

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© Thanos Halazonetis, UNIGE

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