title: DNA double strand break repair in mammalian cells.
abstract: Human cells can process DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by either homology directed or non-homologous repair pathways. Defects in components of DSB repair pathways are associated with a predisposition to cancer. The products of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which normally confer protection against breast cancer, are involved in homology-directed DSB repair. Defects in another homology-directed pathway, single-strand annealing, are associated with genome instability and cancer predisposition in the Nijmegen breakage syndrome and a radiation-sensitive ataxia-telangiectasia-like syndrome. Many DSB repair proteins also participate in the signaling pathways which underlie the cell's response to DSBs.
authors.affiliation: Clare Hall Laboratories, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, South Mimms, EN6 3LD, UK. karran@icrf.icnet.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karran
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics*; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004247:DNA