Multani Asha S, Chang Sandy
Department of Genetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2011;735:139-43. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-092-8_13.
Dysfunctional telomeres arising either through natural attrition due to telomerase deficiency or by the removal of telomere binding proteins are recognized as double stranded breaks (DSBs). Repair of DSBs is crucial for the maintenance of genome stability. In mammals, DSBs are repaired by either error prone nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) or error free homologous recombination (HR) and can be visualized as chromosomal fusions.
由于端粒酶缺乏导致的自然磨损或通过去除端粒结合蛋白而产生的功能失调的端粒被识别为双链断裂(DSB)。双链断裂的修复对于维持基因组稳定性至关重要。在哺乳动物中,双链断裂通过易出错的非同源末端连接(NHEJ)或无错的同源重组(HR)进行修复,并且可以表现为染色体融合。