Repair of DNA double-strand breaks by the nonhomologous end joining pathway

BM Stinson, JJ Loparo - Annual review of biochemistry, 2021 - annualreviews.org
DNA double-strand breaks pose a serious threat to genome stability. In vertebrates, these
breaks are predominantly repaired by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), which pairs DNA …

[PDF][PDF] A mechanism to minimize errors during non-homologous end joining

BM Stinson, AT Moreno, JC Walter, JJ Loparo - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Enzymatic processing of DNA underlies all DNA repair, yet inappropriate DNA processing
must be avoided. In vertebrates, double-strand breaks are repaired predominantly by non …

The molecular basis and disease relevance of non-homologous DNA end joining

B Zhao, E Rothenberg, DA Ramsden… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Non-homologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the predominant repair mechanism of any type
of DNA double-strand break (DSB) during most of the cell cycle and is essential for the …

Two distinct long-range synaptic complexes promote different aspects of end processing prior to repair of DNA breaks by non-homologous end joining

CJ Buehl, NJ Goff, SW Hardwick, M Gellert, TL Blundell… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Non-homologous end joining is the major double-strand break repair (DSBR) pathway in
mammals. DNA-PK is the hub and organizer of multiple steps in non-homologous end …

Non-homologous DNA end joining and alternative pathways to double-strand break repair

HHY Chang, NR Pannunzio, N Adachi… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most dangerous type of DNA damage because
they can result in the loss of large chromosomal regions. In all mammalian cells, DSBs that …

[PDF][PDF] Two-stage synapsis of DNA ends during non-homologous end joining

TGW Graham, JC Walter, JJ Loparo - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is essential for genomic stability. The most
common DSB repair mechanism in human cells, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) …

The mechanism of double-strand DNA break repair by the nonhomologous DNA end-joining pathway

MR Lieber - Annual review of biochemistry, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Double-strand DNA breaks are common events in eukaryotic cells, and there are two major
pathways for repairing them: homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous DNA …

The mechanism of non-homologous end-joining: a synopsis of synapsis

E Weterings, DC Van Gent - DNA repair, 2004 - Elsevier
Repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) is
required for resistance to genotoxic agents, such as ionizing radiation, but also for proper …

Repair of double-strand breaks by end joining

KK Chiruvella, Z Liang… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2013 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) refers to a set of genome maintenance pathways in
which two DNA double-strand break (DSB) ends are (re) joined by apposition, processing …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative end-joining mechanisms: a historical perspective

A Decottignies - Frontiers in genetics, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In the presence of functional DNA repair pathways, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are
mainly repaired by non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) or homologous recombination …