DNA polymerases in nonhomologous end joining: Are there any benefits to standing out from the crowd?

Specificity of the dRP/AP Lyase of Ku Promotes Nonhomologous End Joining (NHEJ) Fidelity at Damaged Ends

(2012) Natasha Strande et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

BRCT domains

(2011) Charles Chung Yun Leung et al.   CELL CYCLE

Multiple end joining mechanisms repair a chromosomal DNA break in fission yeast

(2011) Peng Li et al.   DNA REPAIR

Essential Factors for Incompatible DNA End Joining at Chromosomal DNA Double Strand Breaks In Vivo

(2011) Hideaki Ogiwara et al.   PLoS One

Regulation of oxidative DNA damage repair by DNA polymerase   and MutYH by cross-talk of phosphorylation and ubiquitination

(2011) E. Markkanen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lack of DNA polymerase μ affects the kinetics of DNA double-strand break repair and impacts on cellular senescence

(2010) Romain Chayot et al.   DNA REPAIR

Efficiency and fidelity of human DNA polymerases λ and β during gap-filling DNA synthesis

(2010) Jessica A. Brown et al.   DNA REPAIR

Ku is a 5′-dRP/AP lyase that excises nucleotide damage near broken ends

(2010) Steven A. Roberts et al.   NATURE

DNA Polymerases β and λ Mediate Overlapping and Independent Roles in Base Excision Repair in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts

(2010) Elena K. Braithwaite et al.   PLoS One

DNA Repair in Mammalian Cells

(2009) B. Pardo et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Template strand scrunching during DNA gap repair synthesis by human polymerase λ

(2009) Miguel Garcia-Diaz et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Conferring a template-dependent polymerase activity to terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase by mutations in the Loop1 region

(2009) Félix Romain et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Requirement for XLF/Cernunnos in alignment-based gap filling by DNA polymerases λ and μ for nonhomologous end joining in human whole-cell extracts

(2009) Konstantin Akopiants et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Characterization of a Natural Mutator Variant of Human DNA Polymerase λ which Promotes Chromosomal Instability by Compromising NHEJ

(2009) Gloria Terrados et al.   PLoS One

Limited terminal transferase in human DNA polymerase   defines the required balance between accuracy and efficiency in NHEJ

(2009) P. Andrade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Altered Hematopoiesis in Mice Lacking DNA Polymerase μ Is Due to Inefficient Double-Strand Break Repair

(2009) Daniel Lucas et al.   PLoS Genetics

Distribution and roles of X-family DNA polymerases in eukaryotes

(2008) Yukinobu Uchiyama et al.   BIOCHIMIE

XRCC1 and DNA polymerase β in cellular protection against cytotoxic DNA single-strand breaks

(2008) Julie K Horton et al.   CELL RESEARCH

A comparison of BRCT domains involved in nonhomologous end-joining: Introducing the solution structure of the BRCT domain of polymerase lambda

(2008) Geoffrey A. Mueller et al.   DNA REPAIR

Bacterial Nonhomologous End Joining Ligases Preferentially Seal Breaks with a 3′-OH Monoribonucleotide

(2008) Hui Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

DNA double-strand breaks: A potential causative factor for mammalian aging?

(2008) Han Li et al.   MECHANISMS OF AGEING AND DEVELOPMENT

Tolerance for 8-oxoguanine but not thymine glycol in alignment-based gap filling of partially complementary double-strand break ends by DNA polymerase λ in human nuclear extracts

(2008) Rui-Zhe Zhou et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

End-bridging is required for pol μ to efficiently promote repair of noncomplementary ends by nonhomologous end joining

(2008) Bryan J. Davis et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Evidence that base stacking potential in annealed 3′ overhangs determines polymerase utilization in yeast nonhomologous end joining

(2007) James M. Daley et al.   DNA REPAIR