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Msh1p counteracts oxidative lesion-induced instability of mtDNA and stimulates mitochondrial recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
DNA repair - 1 Mar 2009
Kaniak Aneta, Dzierzbicki Piotr, Rogowska Agata T, Malc Ewa, Fikus Marta, Ciesla Zygmunt
Abstract excerpt
The proximity of the mitochondrial genome to the respiratory chain, a major source of ROS (radical oxygen species), makes mtDNA more vulnerable to oxidative damage than nuclear DNA. Mitochondrial BER (base excision repair) is generally considered to be the main pathway involved in the prevention of oxidative lesion-induced mutations in mtDNA. However, we previously demonstrated that the increased frequency of...
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