title: Considering the cancer consequences of altered DNA polymerase function.
abstract: Our appreciation of the DNA transactions that replicate and maintain a stable human genome is changing rapidly due to recent discoveries indicating that eukaryotic cells contain many more DNA polymerases than previously thought. This review describes emerging information on the properties and functions of human DNA polymerases, with emphasis on connections between DNA polymerase functions and cancer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH/DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. kunkel@niehs.nih.gov
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kunkel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase