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Guidelines for DNA recombination and repair studies: Cellular assays of DNA repair pathways
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Guidelines for DNA recombination and repair studies: Cellular assays of DNA repair pathways

Hannah L Klein, Giedrė Bačinskaja, Jun Che, Anais Cheblal, Rajula Elango, Anastasiya Epshtein, Devon M Fitzgerald, Belén Gómez-González, Sharik R Khan, Sandeep Kumar, …
Microbial cell, Vol.6(1), pp.1-64
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.15698/mic2019.01.664
PMCID: PMC6334234
PMID: 30652105
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Abstract

Understanding the plasticity of genomes has been greatly aided by assays for recombination, repair and mutagenesis. These assays have been developed in microbial systems that provide the advantages of genetic and molecular reporters that can readily be manipulated. Cellular assays comprise genetic, molecular, and cytological reporters. The assays are powerful tools but each comes with its particular advantages and limitations. Here the most commonly used assays are reviewed, discussed, and presented as the guidelines for future studies.
chromatin dynamics chromosome rearrangements crossovers DNA breaks DNA repair centers DNA resection DSBs fluorescent proteins gene amplification gene conversion genome instability gross chromosome rearrangements Holliday junctions homologous recombination mitotic recombination mutagenesis pulsed field gel electrophoresis R-loops replication fork stalling Review single-particle tracking sister chromatid recombination sister repetitive sequences site-specific chromosome breaks toxic recombination intermediates yeast artificial chromosome

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