title: UNC-84: "LINC-ing" chromosome movement and double strand break repair.
abstract: Assaults to our DNA take place at a high frequency and are incompatible with life. In this issue, Lawrence et al. (2016. J. Cell Biol https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201604112) demonstrate that a novel complex links the nucleus with cytoplasmic microtubules for the promotion of DNA repair by homologous recombination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Bio Center, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Chromosome Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Bio Center, University of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria verena.jantsch@univie.ac.at nicola.silva@univie.ac.at.
authors.forename: Verena
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jantsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000378:metabolism; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded; D004260:DNA Repair; D059765:Homologous Recombination; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes