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The plant DNA polymerase theta is essential for the repair of replication-associated DNA damage.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jun 2021
Nisa Maherun, Bergis Clara, Pedroza-Garcia Jose-Antonio, Drouin-Wahbi Jeannine, Mazubert Christelle, Bergounioux Catherine, Benhamed Moussa, Raynaud Cécile
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Safeguarding of genome integrity is a key process in all living organisms. Due to their sessile lifestyle, plants are particularly exposed to all kinds of stress conditions that could induce DNA damage. However, very few genes involved in the maintenance of genome integrity are indispensable to plants' viability. One remarkable exception is the POLQ gene, which encodes DNA polymerase theta (Pol θ), a...
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