MitoTALEN: a general approach to reduce mutant mtDNA loads and restore oxidative phosphorylation function in mitochondrial diseases

M Hashimoto, SR Bacman, S Peralta, MJ Falk… - Molecular Therapy, 2015 - cell.com
We have designed mitochondrially targeted transcription activator-like effector nucleases or
mitoTALENs to cleave specific sequences in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) with the goal …

Warburg effect and translocation-induced genomic instability: two yeast models for cancer cells

V Tosato, NM Grüning, M Breitenbach, R Arnak… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Yeast has been established as an efficient model system to study biological principles
underpinning human health. In this review we focus on yeast models covering two aspects …

The use of mitochondria-targeted endonucleases to manipulate mtDNA

SR Bacman, SL Williams, M Pinto, CT Moraes - Methods in enzymology, 2014 - Elsevier
For more than a decade, mitochondria-targeted nucleases have been used to promote
double-strand breaks in the mitochondrial genome. This was done in mitochondrial DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Per aspera ad astra: When harmful chromosomal translocations become a plus value in genetic evolution. Lessons from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

V Tosato, CV Bruschi - Microbial Cell, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this review we will focus on chromosomal translocations (either spontaneous or induced)
in budding yeast. Indeed, very few organisms tolerate so well aneuploidy like …

Rad59 regulates association of Rad52 with DNA double‐strand breaks

NR Pannunzio, GM Manthey, LC Liddell… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Homologous recombination among repetitive sequences is an important mode of DNA
repair in eukaryotes following acute radiation exposure. We have developed an assay in S …

A new scheme to artificially alter yeast mating-types without autodiploidization

N Fukuda - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Sexual hybridization can drive dramatic yeast evolution through the inheritance of genomic
information from each parental cell. Unfortunately, however, a pair of strains, MATa and …

An Assay to Study Intra-Chromosomal Deletions in Yeast

BE Lucas, MT McPherson, TM Hawk, LN Wilson… - Methods and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
An accurate DNA damage response pathway is critical for the repair of DNA double-strand
breaks. Repair may occur by homologous recombination, of which many different sub …

Unwinding Pathways: The Role of Sgs1 and Mph1 in DNA Repair and Mismatch Correction

MF Afreen - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Double strand breaks (DSBs) can occur in the genome from regular cellular processes and
environmental, clastogenic agents. Failure and error in repairing DSBs results in genome …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic Requirements for Intra-Chromosomal Deletions

MT McPherson, B Lucas, R Petreaca - 2020 - kb.osu.edu
Chromosomal deletions are one of the most dangerous types of DNA damage and often
arise as a result of inappropriately repaired DNA double strand breaks (DSB). These breaks …

[LIVRE][B] The Homologous Recombination Gene, RAD59, is a Determinant of Genome Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

LC Liddell - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Rad59 is a DNA repair protein involved in double-strand break repair (DSBR) by
homologous recombination (HR) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Rad59 aids the central HR …