Methods favoring homology-directed repair choice in response to CRISPR/Cas9 induced-double strand breaks

H Yang, S Ren, S Yu, H Pan, T Li, S Ge… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Precise gene editing is—or will soon be—in clinical use for several diseases, and more
applications are under development. The programmable nuclease Cas9, directed by a …

DNA end resection and its role in DNA replication and DSB repair choice in mammalian cells

F Zhao, W Kim, JA Kloeber, Z Lou - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2020 - nature.com
DNA end resection has a key role in double-strand break repair and DNA replication.
Defective DNA end resection can cause malfunctions in DNA repair and replication, leading …

How cells ensure correct repair of DNA double-strand breaks

J Her, SF Bunting - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) arise regularly in cells and when left unrepaired cause
senescence or cell death. Homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous end …

Homology-directed repair and the role of BRCA1, BRCA2, and related proteins in genome integrity and cancer

CC Chen, W Feng, PX Lim, EM Kass… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Germ-line and somatic mutations in genes that promote homology-directed repair (HDR),
especially BRCA1 and BRCA2, are frequently observed in several cancers, in particular …

Staying true to yourself: mechanisms of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals

N Petryk, S Bultmann, T Bartke… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is essential to development and cellular physiology in mammals. Faulty
DNA methylation is frequently observed in human diseases like cancer and neurological …

Regulation of repair pathway choice at two-ended DNA double-strand breaks

A Shibata - … Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2017 - Elsevier
A DNA double-strand break (DSB) is considered to be a critical DNA lesion because its
misrepair can cause severe mutations, such as deletions or chromosomal translocations …

BRCA1 directs the repair pathway to homologous recombination by promoting 53BP1 dephosphorylation

M Isono, A Niimi, T Oike, Y Hagiwara, H Sato, R Sekine… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
BRCA1 promotes homologous recombination (HR) by activating DNA-end resection. By
contrast, 53BP1 forms a barrier that inhibits DNA-end resection. Here, we show that BRCA1 …

Methylation of DNA ligase 1 by G9a/GLP recruits UHRF1 to replicating DNA and regulates DNA methylation

L Ferry, A Fournier, T Tsusaka, G Adelmant, T Shimazu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic mark in mammals that has to be re-established
after each round of DNA replication. The protein UHRF1 is essential for this process; it has …

CDK5-PRMT1-WDR24 signaling cascade promotes mTORC1 signaling and tumor growth

S Yin, L Liu, LE Ball, Y Wang, MT Bedford, SA Duncan… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin complex1 (mTORC1) is a central regulator of
metabolism and cell growth by sensing diverse environmental signals, including amino …

Genome stability and evolution: attempting a holistic view

I Schubert, GTH Vu - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
The reason why the DNA content, chromosome number and shape, and gene content of
eukaryotic genomes vary independently remains a matter of speculation. The same is true …