title: Chromatin dynamics coupled to DNA repair.
abstract: In order to protect and preserve the integrity of the genome, eukaryotic cells have developed accurate DNA repair pathways involving a coordinated network of DNA repair and epigenetic factors. The DNA damage response has to proceed in the context of chromatin, a packaged and compact structure that is flexible enough to regulate the accession of the DNA repair machinery to DNA-damaged sites. Chromatin modifications and ATP-remodeling activities are both necessary to ensure efficient DNA repair. Here we review the current progress of research into the importance of chromatin modifications and the ATP-remodeling complex to the DNA damage response, with respect to the sensing and signaling of DNA lesions, DNA repair and the processes that restore chromatin structure.
authors.affiliation: Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Dori
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huertas
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sendra
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D042002:Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; C468783:H2AX protein, human; D006657:Histones; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate