title: Conflict Resolution in the Genome: How Transcription and Replication Make It Work.
abstract: The complex machineries involved in replication and transcription translocate along the same DNA template, often in opposing directions and at different rates. These processes routinely interfere with each other in prokaryotes, and mounting evidence now suggests that RNA polymerase complexes also encounter replication forks in higher eukaryotes. Indeed, cells rely on numerous mechanisms to avoid, tolerate, and resolve such transcription-replication conflicts, and the absence of these mechanisms can lead to catastrophic effects on genome stability and cell viability. In this article, we review the cellular responses to transcription-replication conflicts and highlight how these inevitable encounters shape the genome and impact diverse cellular processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5441, USA.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamperl
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5441, USA. Electronic address: cimprich@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Karlene A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Cimprich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D002453:Cell Cycle; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000378:metabolism*; D042822:Genomic Instability; D006801:Humans; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases