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
2013
Development of an assay to measure mutagenic non-homologous end-joining repair activity in mammalian cells
Bindra RS, Goglia AG, Jasin M, Powell SN. Development of an assay to measure mutagenic non-homologous end-joining repair activity in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Research 2013, 41: e115-e115. PMID: 23585275, PMCID: PMC3675474, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMammalian cellsHomologous recombinationDouble-strand break repair pathwayNon-homologous end-joining repairSite-specific DSBsEnd-joining activityBreak repair pathwayEnd-joining repairPrevention of tumorigenesisSerum-deprived cellsGenomic integrityIntrachromosomal locusI-SceIHR repairProtein stabilityCanonical NHEJRepair pathwaysRepair assaysNHEJ repairMutagenic NHEJCellular localizationDSB inductionLiving cellsNHEJRepair activity