2017
DNA polymerase beta participates in DNA End-joining
Ray S, Breuer G, DeVeaux M, Zelterman D, Bindra R, Sweasy JB. DNA polymerase beta participates in DNA End-joining. Nucleic Acids Research 2017, 46: 242-255. PMID: 29161447, PMCID: PMC5758893, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-strand breaksAlternative NHEJHomologous recombinationDNA polymerasePol βX-family DNA polymerasesFamily DNA polymerasesDNA polymerase betaDNA pol βDeleterious lesionsDNA endsGenomic instabilityNHEJ pathwayDNA proteinProcessing enzymesDefective repairCellular sensitivityCell deathStrand breaksPolymerase betaSubunit inhibitorPolymeraseSmall deletionsMechanistic insightsNHEJ
2016
A single double-strand break system reveals repair dynamics and mechanisms in heterochromatin and euchromatin
Janssen A, Breuer GA, Brinkman EK, van der Meulen AI, Borden SV, van Steensel B, Bindra RS, LaRocque JR, Karpen GH. A single double-strand break system reveals repair dynamics and mechanisms in heterochromatin and euchromatin. Genes & Development 2016, 30: 1645-1657. PMID: 27474442, PMCID: PMC4973294, DOI: 10.1101/gad.283028.116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA double-strand breaksHomologous recombinationGenome stabilityHeterochromatic DSBsEuchromatic DSBsSingle DNA double-strand breakMain DSB repair pathwaysDifferent chromatin domainsLarval imaginal discsDistinct nuclear domainsRepetitive DNA sequencesDSB repair pathwaysDouble-strand breaksChromatin contextChromatin domainsEuchromatic lociPericentromeric heterochromatinChromatin regionsHomologous chromosomesHR templateImaginal discsDSB repairDNA sequencesNuclear domainsRepair pathways