Researchers from Osaka University in Japan have uncovered a key control mechanism of DNA replication with potential implications for better understanding how cells maintain genetic information to prevent diseases or cancer.
The team published their results in July in The EMBO Journal, the flagship publication of the European Molecular Biology Organization.
“DNA replication initiates from a number of different locations known as replication origins,” said author Hisao Masukata, a professor of biology in the Graduate School of Science at Osaka University.