Postreplicative mismatch repair

J Jiricny - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The mismatch repair (MMR) system detects non-Watson–Crick base pairs and strand
misalignments arising during DNA replication and mediates their removal by catalyzing …

Cancer-specific defects in DNA repair pathways as targets for personalized therapeutic approaches

F Dietlein, L Thelen, HC Reinhardt - Trends in genetics, 2014 - cell.com
Defects in DNA repair pathways enable cancer cells to accumulate genomic alterations that
contribute to their aggressive phenotype. However, tumors rely on residual DNA repair …

Induction of autophagy by spermidine promotes longevity

T Eisenberg, H Knauer, A Schauer, S Büttner… - Nature cell …, 2009 - nature.com
Ageing results from complex genetically and epigenetically programmed processes that are
elicited in part by noxious or stressful events that cause programmed cell death. Here, we …

Role of RAD52 Epistasis Group Genes in Homologous Recombination and Double-Strand Break Repair

LS Symington - Microbiology and molecular biology reviews, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
The process of homologous recombination is a major DNA repair pathway that operates on
DNA double-strand breaks, and possibly other kinds of DNA lesions, to promote error-free …

DNA mismatch repair and genetic instability

BD Harfe, S Jinks-Robertson - Annual review of genetics, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mismatch repair (MMR) systems play a central role in promoting genetic stability
by repairing DNA replication errors, inhibiting recombination between non-identical DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution and dynamics of chromatin modification induced by a defined DNA double-strand break

R Shroff, A Arbel-Eden, D Pilch, G Ira, WM Bonner… - Current Biology, 2004 - cell.com
Background: In response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), eukaryotic cells rapidly
phosphorylate histone H2A isoform H2AX at a C-terminal serine (to form γ-H2AX) and …

DNA mismatch repair: molecular mechanisms and biological function

MJ Schofield, P Hsieh - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract DNA mismatch repair (MMR) guards the integrity of the genome in virtually all
cells. It contributes about 1000-fold to the overall fidelity of replication and targets mispaired …

In vivo roles of Rad52, Rad54, and Rad55 proteins in Rad51-mediated recombination

N Sugawara, X Wang, JE Haber - Molecular cell, 2003 - cell.com
Repairing a double-strand break by homologous recombination requires binding of the
strand exchange protein Rad51p to ssDNA, followed by synapsis with a homologous donor …

Base triplet stepping by the Rad51/RecA family of recombinases

JY Lee, T Terakawa, Z Qi, JB Steinfeld, S Redding… - Science, 2015 - science.org
DNA strand exchange plays a central role in genetic recombination across all kingdoms of
life, but the physical basis for these reactions remains poorly defined. Using single-molecule …

Visualization of eukaryotic DNA mismatch repair reveals distinct recognition and repair intermediates

H Hombauer, CS Campbell, CE Smith, A Desai… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) increases replication fidelity by eliminating mispaired bases
resulting from replication errors. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, mispairs are primarily …