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Widespread dependence of backup NHEJ on growth state: ramifications for the use of DNA-PK inhibitors.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 Feb 2011
Singh Satyendra K, Wu Wenqi, Zhang Lihua, Klammer Holger, Wang Minli, Iliakis George
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The backup pathway of nonhomologous end joining (B-NHEJ) enables cells to process DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) when the DNA-PK-dependent pathway of NHEJ (D-NHEJ) is compromised. Our previous results show marked reduction in the activity of B-NHEJ when LIG4(-/-) mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) cease to grow and enter a plateau phase. The dependence of B-NHEJ on growth state is substantially stronger...
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