Making ends meet: repairing breaks in bacterial DNA by non-homologous end-joining.
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most dangerous forms of DNA lesion that can result in genomic instability and cell death. Therefore cells have developed elaborate DSB-repair pathways to maintain the integrity of genomic DNA. There are two major pathways for the repair of DSBs in eukar...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020008 |