[PDF][PDF] Comprehensive analysis of hypermutation in human cancer

…, C Hawkins, JF Costello, MS Meyn, ZF Pursell… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
We present an extensive assessment of mutation burden through sequencing analysis of >81,000
tumors from pediatric and adult patients, including tumors with hypermutation caused …

Yeast DNA polymerase ε participates in leading-strand DNA replication

ZF Pursell, I Isoz, EB Lundström, E Johansson… - Science, 2007 - science.org
Multiple DNA polymerases participate in replicating the leading and lagging strands of the
eukaryotic nuclear genome. Although 50 years have passed since the first DNA polymerase …

Combined hereditary and somatic mutations of replication error repair genes result in rapid onset of ultra-hypermutated cancers

…, A Gartner, MS Meyn, MD Taylor, ZF Pursell… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
DNA replication−associated mutations are repaired by two components: polymerase
proofreading and mismatch repair. The mutation consequences of disruption to both repair …

DNA polymerase and mismatch repair exert distinct microsatellite instability signatures in normal and malignant human cells

…, A Villani, D Malkin, CE Hawkins, ZF Pursell… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Exome- and genome-wide MSI analysis reveals novel signatures that are uniquely attributed
to mismatch repair and DNA polymerase. This provides new mechanistic insight into MS …

Trace amounts of 8-oxo-dGTP in mitochondrial dNTP pools reduce DNA polymerase γ replication fidelity

ZF Pursell, JT McDonald, CK Mathews… - Nucleic acids …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Replication of the mitochondrial genome by DNA polymerase γ requires dNTP precursors
that are subject to oxidation by reactive oxygen species generated by the mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Mismatch repair balances leading and lagging strand DNA replication fidelity

SA Lujan, JS Williams, ZF Pursell, AA Abdulovic-Cui… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
The two DNA strands of the nuclear genome are replicated asymmetrically using three DNA
polymerases, α, δ, and ε. Current evidence suggests that DNA polymerase ε (Pol ε) is the …

The high fidelity and unique error signature of human DNA polymerase ε

DA Korona, KG LeCompte, ZF Pursell - Nucleic Acids Research, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Bulk replicative DNA synthesis in eukaryotes is highly accurate and efficient, primarily because
of two DNA polymerases (Pols): Pols δ and ε. The high fidelity of these enzymes is due to …

[PDF][PDF] POLE mutation spectra are shaped by the mutant allele identity, its abundance, and mismatch repair status

…, J Wang, Z Suo, H Lu, JB McLachlan, ZF Pursell - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
… Lead Contact Further information and requests for resources and reagents should be
addressed to the Lead Contact, Zachary F. Pursell (zpursell@ tulane.edu), Department of …

Exonuclease mutations in DNA polymerase epsilon reveal replication strand specific mutation patterns and human origins of replication

…, DM Muzny, RA Gibbs, C Sander, ZF Pursell… - Genome …, 2014 - genome.cshlp.org
Tumors with somatic mutations in the proofreading exonuclease domain of DNA polymerase
epsilon (POLE-exo*) exhibit a novel mutator phenotype, with markedly elevated TCT→TAT …

DNA precursor asymmetries in mammalian tissue mitochondria and possible contribution to mutagenesis through reduced replication fidelity

S Song, ZF Pursell, WC Copeland… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The mutation rate of the mammalian mitochondrial genome is higher than that of the nuclear
genome. Because mitochondrial and nuclear deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) …