Abstract
Eukaryotic replication termination generally occurs randomly in the region between two active origins. However, termination, or pausing of the replication forks has been observed at specific loci. Recently, a site-specific terminator of replication named RTS1 was shown to play an important role in mating-type switching in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mating-type switching in S. pombe relies on an imprinting event that chemically modifies one strand of the DNA at the mating-type locus mat1. This imprint, that is formed only when mat1 is replicated in a specific direction, marks the DNA for a rearrangement leading to mating-type switching. The RTS1 element ensures that mat1 is replicated in the correct direction for imprinting and initiation of the subsequent mating-type switching event. This is the first replication terminator shown to play a role in cellular differentiation.
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