Volume 32, No 9, Sep 2022

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 32 Issue 9, September 2022: 797-798

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Efficient replication of human nuclear DNA

Thomas A. Kunkel^*

Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Correspondence: Thomas A. Kunkel(kunkel@niehs.nih.gov)

One of the most interesting yet only partially understood issues in biology is how the information in DNA is efficiently and accurately replicated with few enough mistakes to prevent disaster while allowing evolution. Interesting new insights into this issue have recently emerged from an elegant study by Yeeles and colleagues revealing how a subset of human proteins efficiently replicate DNA.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-022-00690-2

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