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CHAPTER 1<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

predominant pathway of DSB repair in yeast whereas mammalian cells presented with<br />

similar substrates use non-homologous or illegitimate pathways. This still seems to be the<br />

consensus although there is mounting evidence that DSB repair via homologous<br />

recombination in mammalian cells is more significant than was previously thought [122,<br />

123]. In addition, there are indications that some proteins may participate in more than<br />

one of the three repair pathways.<br />

Fig. 1.3B Pathways of DSB repair. The termini of a DNA DSB introduced by ionising<br />

radiation or other means are bound either by the Ku heterodimer/DNA-PKcs complex or<br />

by hRad52. In the NHEJ rejoining pathway, repair is completed by DNA ligase IV and<br />

XRCC4. DNA strand invasion of the intact sister chromatid, facilitated by hRad51,<br />

initiates repair by homologous recombination. Resection and annealing of short regions<br />

of complementary sequence initiates repair by the SSA pathway in which ligation is<br />

preceded by the trimming of non-complementary single-stranded DNA tails.<br />

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