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Competition between the Rad50 complex and the Ku heterodimer reveals a role for Exo1 in processing double-strand breaks but not telomeres.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Aug 2003
Tomita Kazunori, Matsuura Akira, Caspari Thomas, Carr Antony M, Akamatsu Yufuko, Iwasaki Hiroshi, Mizuno Ken-ichi, Ohta Kunihiro, Uritani Masahiro, Ushimaru Takashi, Yoshinaga Koichi, Ueno Masaru
Abstract excerpt
The Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1(Xrs2) complex and the Ku70-Ku80 heterodimer are thought to compete with each other for binding to DNA ends. To investigate the mechanism underlying this competition, we analyzed both DNA damage sensitivity and telomere overhangs in Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad50-d, rad50-d pku70-d, rad50-d exo1-d, and pku70-d rad50-d exo1-d cells. We found that rad50 exo1 double mutants are more methyl...
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