Replication stress occurs when DNA replication forks stall or collapse, generating genomic instability and driving tumour evolution. Through ATR–CHK1 signalling, fork protection and homologous recombination repair, cells stabilise damaged forks and prevent catastrophic chromosomal breakage.
Replication stress occurs when DNA replication forks stall or collapse, generating genomic instability and driving tumour evolution. Through ATR–CHK1 signalling, fork protection and homologous recombination repair, cells stabilise damaged forks and prevent catastrophic chromosomal breakage.