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Cooperative assembly of a protein-DNA filament for nonhomologous end joining.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 21 Jun 2013
Tsai Chun J, Chu Gilbert
Abstract excerpt
Nonhomologous end joining repairs DNA double-strand breaks created by ionizing radiation and V(D)J recombination. Ku, XRCC4/Ligase IV (XL), and XLF have a remarkable mismatched end (MEnd) ligase activity, particularly for ends with mismatched 3' overhangs, but the mechanism has remained obscure....
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