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    Protein complexes containing RNA polymerase II and immature RNA are associated with active genes immediately after replication, suggesting that transmission of active transcriptional states to daughter cells may not require any additional epigenetic bookmarks.

    • Tyler K. Fenstermaker
    • , Svetlana Petruk
    •  & Alexander Mazo

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    | Open Access

    The Polα–primase-associated CST complex organizes telomeric C-strand DNA synthesis, and, in combination with telomerase, it carries out complete replication of the single-stranded DNA overhang found at human telomeres.

    • Arthur J. Zaug
    • , Karen J. Goodrich
    •  & Thomas R. Cech

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    The molecular determinants for primer synthesis are identified within the catalytic domain of primase-polymerase enzymes, elucidating the mechanisms underlying initiation of primer synthesis.

    • Arthur W. H. Li
    • , Katerina Zabrady
    •  & Aidan J. Doherty

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    Mother cells recycle parental MCMs and simultaneously synthesize nascent MCMs, both of which are inherited by daughter cells, in which the former are preferentially used to form active replisomes and the latter adjust the pace of replisome movement to minimize errors during DNA replication.

    • Hana Sedlackova
    • , Maj-Britt Rask
    •  & Jiri Lukas

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    This study identifies a crucial role for fatty acid oxidation (FAO) in endothelial cells during angiogenesis, and reveals that fatty-acid-derived carbons are used for the de novo synthesis of nucleotides, and hence FAO stimulates vessel sprouting by increasing endothelial cell proliferation.

    • Sandra Schoors
    • , Ulrike Bruning
    •  & Peter Carmeliet

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    It has long been a goal to reconstitute eukaryotic DNA replication; here a purified in vitro system from budding yeast containing 16 factors, themselves composed of 42 polypeptides, fulfils the staged process of origin-dependent initiation, including its regulation by kinases.

    • Joseph T. P. Yeeles
    • , Tom D. Deegan
    •  & John F. X. Diffley

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    The emRiboSeq sequencing method is used to track polymerase activity genome-wide in vivo; despite Okazaki fragment processing, DNA synthesized by error-prone polymerase-α (Pol-α) is retained in vivo and comprises ∼1.5% of the genome, establishing Pol-α as an important source of genomic variability and providing a mechanism for site-specific variation in nucleotide substitution rates.

    • Martin A. M. Reijns
    • , Harriet Kemp
    •  & Martin S. Taylor

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    The site of collision between two chromosome replication forks can be used to reinitiate replication independent of an active origin, with potentially pathogenic effects.

    • Christian J. Rudolph
    • , Amy L. Upton
    •  & Robert G. Lloyd

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