Author : Jens Karschau
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319088610
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Book Synopsis Mathematical Modelling of Chromosome Replication and Replicative Stress by : Jens Karschau
Download or read book Mathematical Modelling of Chromosome Replication and Replicative Stress written by Jens Karschau and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA replication is arguably the most crucial process at work in living cells. It is the mechanism by which organisms pass their genetic information from one generation to the next and life on Earth would be unthinkable without it. Despite the discovery of DNA structure in the 1950s, the mechanism of its replication remains rather elusive. This work makes important contributions to this line of research. In particular, it addresses two key questions in the area of DNA replication: which evolutionary forces drive the positioning of replication origins in the chromosome and how is the spatial organization of replication factories achieved inside the nucleus of a cell?. A cross-disciplinary approach uniting physics and biology is at the heart of this research. Along with experimental support, statistical physics theory produces optimal origin positions and provides a model for replication fork assembly in yeast. Advances made here can potentially further our understanding of disease mechanisms such as the abnormal replication in cancer.