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Mutually exclusive post-translational modifications of flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) regulate its binding to proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and govern its various modes of DNA interaction during DNA replication and repair.

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Figure 1: Possible roles for antagonistic methylation-phosphorylation in FEN1 function.

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Campbell, J. Changing faces, trading places. Nat Chem Biol 6, 701–702 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.444

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