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Genetic evidence for involvement of two distinct nonhomologous end-joining pathways in repair of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA damage.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 11 Jun 2004
Adachi Noritaka, Iiizumi Susumu, So Sairei, Koyama Hideki
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In vertebrate cells, DNA double-strand breaks are efficiently repaired by homologous recombination or nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). The latter pathway relies on Ku (the Ku70/Ku86 heterodimer), DNA-PKcs, Artemis, Xrcc4, and DNA ligase IV (Lig4). Here, we show that a human pre-B cell line nullizygous for Lig4 exhibits hypersensitivity to topoisomerase II (Top2) inhibitors, demonstrating a crucial role for the...
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