Recognition, signaling, and repair of DNA double-strand breaks produced by ionizing radiation in mammalian cells: the molecular choreography

LH Thompson - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The faithful maintenance of chromosome continuity in human cells during DNA replication
and repair is critical for preventing the conversion of normal diploid cells to an oncogenic …

Nonhomologous end joining in yeast

JM Daley, PL Palmbos, D Wu, TE Wilson - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2005 - annualreviews.org
Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), the direct rejoining of DNA double-strand breaks, is
closely associated with illegitimate recombination and chromosomal rearrangement. This …

Structural basis of long-range to short-range synaptic transition in NHEJ

S Chen, L Lee, T Naila, S Fishbain, A Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are a highly cytotoxic form of DNA damage and the
incorrect repair of DSBs is linked to carcinogenesis,. The conserved error-prone non …

XLF interacts with the XRCC4-DNA ligase IV complex to promote DNA nonhomologous end-joining

P Ahnesorg, P Smith, SP Jackson - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
DNA nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) is a predominant pathway of DNA double-strand
break repair in mammalian cells, and defects in it cause radiosensitivity at the cellular and …

Eukaryotic DNA ligases: structural and functional insights

T Ellenberger, AE Tomkinson - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2008 - annualreviews.org
DNA ligases are required for DNA replication, repair, and recombination. In eukaryotes,
there are three families of ATP-dependent DNA ligases. Members of the DNA ligase I and IV …

A biochemically defined system for mammalian nonhomologous DNA end joining

Y Ma, H Lu, B Tippin, MF Goodman, N Shimazaki… - Molecular cell, 2004 - cell.com
Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) is a major pathway in multicellular eukaryotes for
repairing double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs). Here, the NHEJ reactions have been …

Cohesins localize with CTCF at the KSHV latency control region and at cellular c‐myc and H19/Igf2 insulators

W Stedman, H Kang, S Lin, JL Kissil… - The EMBO …, 2008 - embopress.org
Cohesins, which mediate sister chromatin cohesion, and CTCF, which functions at
chromatin boundaries, play key roles in the structural and functional organization of …

The mechanism of non-homologous end-joining: a synopsis of synapsis

E Weterings, DC Van Gent - DNA repair, 2004 - Elsevier
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) is
required for resistance to genotoxic agents, such as ionizing radiation, but also for proper …

APLF promotes the assembly and activity of non‐homologous end joining protein complexes

GJ Grundy, SL Rulten, Z Zeng… - The EMBO …, 2013 - embopress.org
Non‐homologous end joining (NHEJ) is critical for the maintenance of genetic integrity and
DNA double‐strand break (DSB) repair. NHEJ is regulated by a series of interactions …

The dynamics of Ku70/80 and DNA-PKcs at DSBs induced by ionizing radiation is dependent on the complexity of damage

P Reynolds, JA Anderson, JV Harper… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are biologically one of the most important cellular lesions
and possess varying degrees of chemical complexity. The notion that the repairability of …