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Further Reading
Bacolla A, Wang G and Vasquez KM (2015) New perspectives on DNA and RNA triplexes as effectors of biological activity. PLoS Genetics 11: e1005696.
Boyer AS, Grgurevic S, Cazaux C and Hoffmann JS (2013) The human specialized DNA polymerases and non‐B DNA: vital relationships to preserve genomic integrity. Journal of Molecular Biology 425: 4767–4781.
Du X, Gertz EM, Wojtowicz D, et al. (2014) Potential non‐B DNA regions in the human genome are associated with greater rates of nucleotide mutation and gene variation. Nucleic Acids Research 42: 12367–12379.
D'Angelo CS, Gajecka M, Kim CA, et al. (2009) Further delineation of nonhomologous‐based recombination and evidence for subtelomeric segmental duplications in 1p36 rearrangements. Human Genetics 125: 551–563.
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Wang G and Vasquez KM (2009) Models for chromosomal replication‐independent non‐B DNA structure‐induced genetic instability. Molecular Carcinogenesis 48: 286–298.