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Effect of Ku80 deficiency on mutation frequencies and spectra at a LacZ reporter locus in mouse tissues and cells.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2008
Busuttil Rita A, Muñoz Denise P, Garcia Ana Maria, Rodier Francis, Kim Woo Ho, Suh Yousin, Hasty Paul, Campisi Judith, Vijg Jan
Abstract excerpt
Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is thought to be an important mechanism for preventing the adverse effects of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and its absence has been associated with premature aging. To investigate the effect of inactivated NHEJ on spontaneous mutation frequencies and spectra in vivo and in cultured cells, we crossed a Ku80-deficient mouse with mice harboring a lacZ-plasmid-based mutation...
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