title: Replicating past lesions in DNA.
abstract: Replication of damaged DNA is essential in all organisms and is potentially achieved by several mechanisms. How Escherichia coli employs these different mechanisms to effect efficient, accurate replication of a damaged template is revealed in this issue of Molecular Cell.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGlynn
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016296:Mutagenesis
chemical_list: D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase