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Delineation Of New Mechanisms Of Dna Double Strand Break Repair, Songli Zhu
Delineation Of New Mechanisms Of Dna Double Strand Break Repair, Songli Zhu
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DNA damage is frequently induced in cells by both endogenous and exogenous agents. DNA damage, particular double strand breaks (DSBs) may lead to genomic instability, and the progression of cancer, aging, neurodegeneration, and other human diseases. The cell employs two major DSB repair pathways, including homologous recombination (HR) and Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), but the detailed mechanisms of DSB repair remain to be further revealed.
In the first part of this study, we characterized a plasmid-based assay to investigate NHEJ repair in Xenopus egg extracts. Our data argued for a preference for the precise repair by the NHEJ machinery and …