Homologous recombination and the repair of DNA double-strand breaks

WD Wright, SS Shah, WD Heyer - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
Homologous recombination enables the cell to access and copy intact DNA sequence
information in trans, particularly to repair DNA damage affecting both strands of the double …

Sources of DNA double-strand breaks and models of recombinational DNA repair

A Mehta, JE Haber - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
DNA is subject to many endogenous and exogenous insults that impair DNA replication and
proper chromosome segregation. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most …

Mechanisms and Regulation of Mitotic Recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

LS Symington, R Rothstein, M Lisby - Genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Homology-dependent exchange of genetic information between DNA molecules has a
profound impact on the maintenance of genome integrity by facilitating error-free DNA …

Homologous recombination and its regulation

L Krejci, V Altmannova, M Spirek… - Nucleic acids research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Homologous recombination (HR) is critical both for repairing DNA lesions in mitosis and for
chromosomal pairing and exchange during meiosis. However, some forms of HR can also …

Pif1 helicase and Polδ promote recombination-coupled DNA synthesis via bubble migration

MA Wilson, YH Kwon, Y Xu, WH Chung, P Chi, H Niu… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
During DNA repair by homologous recombination (HR), DNA synthesis copies information
from a template DNA molecule. Multiple DNA polymerases have been implicated in repair …

Eukaryotic DNA polymerases in homologous recombination

M McVey, VY Khodaverdian, D Meyer… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is a central process to ensure genomic stability in somatic
cells and during meiosis. HR-associated DNA synthesis determines in large part the fidelity …

Moonlighting at replication forks–a new life for homologous recombination proteins BRCA 1, BRCA 2 and RAD 51

AM Kolinjivadi, V Sannino, A de Antoni, H Técher… - FEBS …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Coordination between DNA replication and DNA repair ensures maintenance of genome
integrity, which is lost in cancer cells. Emerging evidence has linked homologous …

RecQ helicases: conserved guardians of genomic integrity

NB Larsen, ID Hickson - DNA helicases and DNA motor proteins, 2013 - Springer
The RecQ family of DNA helicases is highly conserved throughout evolution, and is
important for the maintenance of genome stability. In humans, five RecQ family members …

Dynamic processing of displacement loops during recombinational DNA repair

A Piazza, SS Shah, WD Wright, SK Gore, R Koszul… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Displacement loops (D-loops) are pivotal intermediates of homologous recombination (HR),
a universal DNA double strand break (DSB) repair pathway. We developed a versatile assay …

Regulation of DNA pairing in homologous recombination

JM Daley, WA Gaines, YH Kwon… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Homologous recombination (HR) is a major mechanism for eliminating DNA double-strand
breaks from chromosomes. In this process, the break termini are resected nucleolytically to …