Genomic instability in human cancer: Molecular insights and opportunities for therapeutic attack and prevention through diet and nutrition

LR Ferguson, H Chen, AR Collins, M Connell… - Seminars in cancer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Genomic instability can initiate cancer, augment progression, and influence the overall
prognosis of the affected patient. Genomic instability arises from many different pathways …

Induction and repair of DNA double strand breaks: the increasing spectrum of non-homologous end joining pathways

E Mladenov, G Iliakis - Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular …, 2011 - Elsevier
A defining characteristic of damage induced in the DNA by ionizing radiation (IR) is its
clustered character that leads to the formation of complex lesions challenging the cellular …

Mechanisms of double-strand break repair in somatic mammalian cells

AJ Hartlerode, R Scully - Biochemical Journal, 2009 - portlandpress.com
DNA chromosomal DSBs (double-strand breaks) are potentially hazardous DNA lesions,
and their accurate repair is essential for the successful maintenance and propagation of …

Chemistry in human telomere biology: structure, function and targeting of telomere DNA/RNA

Y Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Telomeres are present at the ends of all eukaryotic chromosomes. Human telomeres play an
important role in critical processes underlying genome stability, cancer, and aging, and their …

Role of mammalian Mre11 in classical and alternative nonhomologous end joining

A Xie, A Kwok, R Scully - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2009 - nature.com
Abstract The mammalian Mre11–Rad50–Nbs1 (MRN) complex coordinates double-strand
break signaling with repair by homologous recombination and is associated with the H2A. X …

Mechanisms that regulate localization of a DNA double-strand break to the nuclear periphery

P Oza, SL Jaspersen, A Miele, J Dekker… - Genes & …, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are among the most deleterious forms of DNA lesions in
cells. Here we induced site-specific DSBs in yeast cells and monitored chromatin dynamics …

Novel roles for A‐type lamins in telomere biology and the DNA damage response pathway

I Gonzalez‐Suarez, AB Redwood, SM Perkins… - The EMBO …, 2009 - embopress.org
A‐type lamins are intermediate filament proteins that provide a scaffold for protein
complexes regulating nuclear structure and function. Mutations in the LMNA gene are linked …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics of transcription factors and chromatin proteins in parasitic protists and other eukaryotes

LM Iyer, V Anantharaman, MY Wolf, L Aravind - International journal for …, 2008 - Elsevier
Comparative genomics of parasitic protists and their free-living relatives are profoundly
impacting our understanding of the regulatory systems involved in transcription and …

Complex chromosomal rearrangements: origin and meiotic behavior

F Pellestor, T Anahory, G Lefort… - Human reproduction …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Complex chromosomal rearrangements (CCRs) describe structural
rearrangements, essentially translocations, involving at least three breakpoints on two or …

Nonhomologous end-joining in bacteria: a microbial perspective

RS Pitcher, NC Brissett, AJ Doherty - Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
In eukaryotic cells, repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by the nonhomologous end-
joining (NHEJ) pathway is critical for genomic stability. A functionally homologous repair …