| Literature DB >> 24794402 |
Jessica S Williams1, Thomas A Kunkel2.
Abstract
While primordial life is thought to have been RNA-based (Cech, Cold Spring Harbor Perspect. Biol. 4 (2012) a006742), all living organisms store genetic information in DNA, which is chemically more stable. Distinctions between the RNA and DNA worlds and our views of "DNA" synthesis continue to evolve as new details emerge on the incorporation, repair and biological effects of ribonucleotides in DNA genomes of organisms from bacteria through humans. Published by Elsevier B.V.Entities:
Keywords: DNA polymerase; DNA repair; DNA replication; Genome instability; Ribonucleotides
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24794402 PMCID: PMC4065383 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.03.029
Source DB: PubMed Journal: DNA Repair (Amst) ISSN: 1568-7856