Meiotic recombination: the essence of heredity

N Hunter - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The study of homologous recombination has its historical roots in meiosis. In this context,
recombination occurs as a programmed event that culminates in the formation of crossovers …

Homologous recombination in DNA repair and DNA damage tolerance

X Li, WD Heyer - Cell research, 2008 - nature.com
Homologous recombination (HR) comprises a series of interrelated pathways that function in
the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs) and interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). In …

Meiotic recombination in mammals: localization and regulation

F Baudat, Y Imai, B De Massy - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
During meiosis, a programmed induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) leads to the
exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes. These exchanges …

An overview of the molecular mechanisms of recombinational DNA repair

SC Kowalczykowski - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives …, 2015 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Recombinational DNA repair is a universal aspect of DNA metabolism and is essential for
genomic integrity. It is a template-directed process that uses a second chromosomal copy …

Mechanism of homologous recombination: mediators and helicases take on regulatory functions

P Sung, H Klein - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2006 - nature.com
Homologous recombination (HR) is an important mechanism for the repair of damaged
chromosomes, for preventing the demise of damaged replication forks, and for several other …

Gene conversion: mechanisms, evolution and human disease

JM Chen, DN Cooper, N Chuzhanova, C Férec… - Nature Reviews …, 2007 - nature.com
Gene conversion, one of the two mechanisms of homologous recombination, involves the
unidirectional transfer of genetic material from a'donor'sequence to a highly homologous' …

ETAA1 acts at stalled replication forks to maintain genome integrity

TE Bass, JW Luzwick, G Kavanaugh, C Carroll… - Nature cell …, 2016 - nature.com
The ATR checkpoint kinase coordinates cellular responses to DNA replication stress.
Budding yeast contain three activators of Mec1 (the ATR orthologue); however, only …

Recognition, signaling, and repair of DNA double-strand breaks produced by ionizing radiation in mammalian cells: the molecular choreography

LH Thompson - Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research, 2012 - Elsevier
The faithful maintenance of chromosome continuity in human cells during DNA replication
and repair is critical for preventing the conversion of normal diploid cells to an oncogenic …

New mechanistic and functional insights into DNA topoisomerases

SH Chen, NL Chan, T Hsieh - Annual review of biochemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
DNA topoisomerases are nature's tools for resolving the unique problems of DNA
entanglement that occur owing to unwinding and rewinding of the DNA helix during …

RecQ helicases: multifunctional genome caretakers

WK Chu, ID Hickson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2009 - nature.com
Around 1% of the open reading frames in the human genome encode predicted DNA and
RNA helicases. One highly conserved group of DNA helicases is the RecQ family. Genetic …