Gene Research

Genetic repair mechanism helps seal DNA breaks

Published in Lab Law Weekly, November 24th, 2006

A new study by researchers from The Scripps Research Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Washington University School of Medicine, and the University of Maryland has provided a clearer picture of the final steps of a critical DNA repair process.

When these repair processes go awry, cells can malfunction, die or become cancerous. The study was published in the journal Molecular Cell.

"These results are exciting because they reveal for the first time how these proteins can dynamically assemble and change their shape to join DNA ends during DNA replication and repair," said a senior author of the paper John Tainer, who is a...

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Source: Lab Law Weekly (2006-11-24)

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