Is Non-Homologous End-Joining Really an Inherently Error-Prone Process?

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bétermier, Mireille ^a,b,c   Bertrand, Pascale ^b,d   Lopez, Bernard S ^b,c,e  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ALTERNATIVE DNA END JOINING REPAIR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA LIBRARY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ERROR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC INSTABILITY; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MACRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PLASMID; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; RADIATION, IONIZING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896717088     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004086     Document Type: Review

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