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SIRT6 stabilizes DNA-dependent protein kinase at chromatin for DNA double-strand break repair.
Aging - 15 Jan 2009
McCord Ronald A, Michishita Eriko, Hong Tao, Berber Elisabeth, Boxer Lisa D, Kusumoto Rika, Guan Shenheng, Shi Xiaobing, Gozani Or, Burlingame Alma L, Bohr Vilhelm A, Chua Katrin F
Abstract excerpt
The Sir2 chromatin regulatory factor links maintenance of genomic stability to life span extension in yeast. The mammalian Sir2 family member SIRT6 has been proposed to have analogous functions, because SIRT6-deficiency leads to shortened life span and an aging-like degenerative phenotype in mice...
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