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Abstract
Repairing chromosome breaks is essential to cell survival. A major lethal effect of ionizing radiation (IR) damage is the creation of double-strand DNA breaks. Recently, a number of mammalian cell mutants that are sensitive to IR damage have been described, revealing a unique repair pathway. The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is necessary for double-strand-break repair and lymphoid V(D)J recombination. DNA-PK consists of three subunits: the Ku autoantigen heterodimer and a kinase (DNA-PKCS) that is deficient in mouse scid mutant cells.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7482764 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(00)89121-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Genet ISSN: 0168-9525 Impact factor: 11.639