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. 2020 Jun 30;5(1):111.
doi: 10.1038/s41392-020-00227-2.

How genome 'escape' from mechanical stress-induced damage

Xiaoyun Dai  1   2   3
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How genome 'escape' from mechanical stress-induced damage

Xiaoyun Dai. Signal Transduct Target Ther. .
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The author declares no competing interests.

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Genome is protected against mechanical stress-induced damage by rapid chromatin mechanoresponse and slower supracellular alignment response. The human epidermal/progenitor cells (EPCs) and E15.5 mouse embryonic skin was used by investigators
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