DNA mismatch repair in eukaryotes and bacteria

K Fukui - Journal of nucleic acids, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) corrects mismatched base pairs mainly caused by DNA
replication errors. The fundamental mechanisms and proteins involved in the early reactions …

DNA mismatch repair: molecular mechanisms and biological function

MJ Schofield, P Hsieh - Annual Reviews in Microbiology, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract DNA mismatch repair (MMR) guards the integrity of the genome in virtually all
cells. It contributes about 1000-fold to the overall fidelity of replication and targets mispaired …

DNA mismatch repair and genetic instability

BD Harfe, S Jinks-Robertson - Annual review of genetics, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Mismatch repair (MMR) systems play a central role in promoting genetic stability
by repairing DNA replication errors, inhibiting recombination between non-identical DNA …

Mechanisms and functions of DNA mismatch repair

GM Li - Cell research, 2008 - nature.com
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is a highly conserved biological pathway that plays a key role
in maintaining genomic stability. The specificity of MMR is primarily for base-base …

New insights into the mechanism of DNA mismatch repair

GX Reyes, TT Schmidt, RD Kolodner, H Hombauer - Chromosoma, 2015 - Springer
The genome of all organisms is constantly being challenged by endogenous and
exogenous sources of DNA damage. Errors like base: base mismatches or small insertions …

DNA mismatch repair system: Classical and fresh roles

SH Jun, TG Kim, C Ban - The FEBS journal, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The molecular mechanisms of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system have been
uncovered over the last decade, especially in prokaryotes. The results obtained for …

DNA mismatch repair

TA Kunkel, DA Erie - Annu. Rev. Biochem., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is an evolutionarily conserved process that corrects
mismatches generated during DNA replication and escape proofreading. MMR proteins also …

Mammalian mismatch repair: error-free or error-prone?

J Peña-Diaz, J Jiricny - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2012 - cell.com
A considerable surge of interest in the mismatch repair (MMR) system has been brought
about by the discovery of a link between Lynch syndrome, an inherited predisposition to …

DNA mismatch repair and its many roles in eukaryotic cells

D Liu, G Keijzers, LJ Rasmussen - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation …, 2017 - Elsevier
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is an important DNA repair pathway that plays critical roles in
DNA replication fidelity, mutation avoidance and genome stability, all of which contribute …

Mismatch repair in correction of replication errors and processing of DNA damage

G Aquilina, M Bignami - Journal of cellular physiology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The primary role of mismatch repair (MMR) is to maintain genomic stability by removing
replication errors from DNA. This repair pathway was originally implicated in human cancer …