Heterogeneity of DNA damage incidence and repair in different chromatin contexts

It has been long known that some regions of the genome are more susceptible to damage and mutagenicity than others. Recent advances have determined a critical role of chromatin both in the incidence of damage and in its repair. Thus, chromatin arises as a guardian of the stability of the genome, whi...

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Autores: Ortega Moreno, Pedro, Gómez González, Belén, Aguilera López, Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/125272
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/125272
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103210
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chromatin
DNA damage
DNA repair
Double-strand break
Genome instability
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Sumario:It has been long known that some regions of the genome are more susceptible to damage and mutagenicity than others. Recent advances have determined a critical role of chromatin both in the incidence of damage and in its repair. Thus, chromatin arises as a guardian of the stability of the genome, which is altered in cancer cells. In this review, we focus into the mechanisms by which chromatin influences the occurrence and repair of the most cytotoxic DNA lesions, double-strand breaks, in particular at actively transcribed chromatin or related to DNA replication.