Dormant origin firing promotes head-on transcription-replication conflicts at transcription termination sites in response to BRCA2 deficiency
Goehring L, Keegan S, Lahiri S, Xia W, Kong M, Jimenez-Sainz J, Gupta D, Drapkin R, Jensen R, Smith D, Rothenberg E, Fenyö D, Huang T. Dormant origin firing promotes head-on transcription-replication conflicts at transcription termination sites in response to BRCA2 deficiency. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 4716. PMID: 38830843, PMCID: PMC11148086, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48286-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription termination sitesTranscription-replication conflictsDormant originsReplication stressElongating RNA polymerase IITermination sitesResponse to replication stressRNA polymerase IIR-loop formationTumor suppressor proteinPolymerase IIR-loopsLong genesRNase H2Transcription initiationOK-seqGenomic sitesSuppressor proteinCellular genomeBRCA2 deficiencyOrigin firingSuper-resolution microscopyGenomic instabilityDormant origin firingTranscription