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Identification And Characterization Of A Novel Non-Homologous End Joining Factor Mri, Putzer Joseph Hung
Identification And Characterization Of A Novel Non-Homologous End Joining Factor Mri, Putzer Joseph Hung
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Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is the predominant DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway in G1-phase cells. In particular, developing lymphocytes utilize NHEJ to repair physiologic DSBs generated during the processes of antigen receptor gene assembly and class-switch recombination (CSR). Thus, proper regulation of NHEJ is important not only for immune repertoire diversification, but also for the prevention of chromosomal translocations or deletions that can arise from misrepaired DSBs. The XRCC4-like factor (XLF) has been strongly implicated in promoting NHEJ, presumably by tethering broken DNA ends together in a sleeve-like complex, but its necessity appears to be cell context-dependent. While XLF …