Mechanisms of PARP inhibitor resistance in cancer and insights into the DNA damage response
Genome Medicine, 2018 Editorial summary Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARPi) have entered the clinic for the treatment of patients with cancers that lack homology-directed DNA repair, but drug resistance remains a clinical hurdle.
Paola Francica, Sven Rottenberg
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The ability to form homodimers is essential for RDM1 to function in RNA-directed DNA methylation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 RDM1 (RNA-DIRECTED DNA METHYLATION1) is a small plant-specific protein required for RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM). RDM1 interacts with RNA polymerase II (Pol II), ARGONAUTE4 (AGO4), and the de novo DNA methyltransferase DOMAINS REARRANGED ...
Taku Sasaki +4 more
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RNA polymerase II stalling promotes nucleosome occlusion and pTEFb recruitment to drive immortalization by Epstein-Barr virus [PDF]
, 2011 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immortalizes resting B-cells and is a key etiologic agent in the development of numerous cancers. The essential EBV-encoded protein EBNA 2 activates the viral C promoter (Cp) producing a message of ~120 kb that is differentially ...
A Bakos +75 more
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Amplification of 4–9-kb Human Genomic DNA Flanking a Known Site Using a Panhandle PCR Variant
BioTechniques, 1997 We present a method for the in vitro amplification of >6.0 kb of DNA flanking a known site. This is accomplished by ligating an oligonucleotide to create an inverted repeat of a portion of the known sequence, followed by single-primer polymerase chain ...
Douglas H. Jones, Stanley C. Winistorfer
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Idiosyncratic evolution of conserved eukaryote proteins that are similar in sequence to archaeal or bacterial proteins [PDF]
, 2008 Sequence comparisons have been made between the proteins of 571 prokaryote species including 46 archaea and 525 bacteria and the set of human proteins.
Roy J. Britten
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T4 DNA polymerase improves the efficiency of multiple site-directed mutagenesis
Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2016 Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) is a useful tool to study the functions of regulatory sequences of DNA and RNA, and the structures and functions of proteins. Numerous methods have been developed for either single or multiple SDM (MSDM).
Wei Guo +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Pseudorabies virus (PRV) DNA replication occurs in the nuclei of infected cells and requires the viral DNA polymerase. The PRV DNA polymerase comprises a catalytic subunit, UL30, and an accessory subunit, UL42, that confers processivity to the enzyme ...
Yi-Ping eWang +6 more
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Inhibitors of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase—Associated Ribonuclease H Activity
Biology, 2012 HIV-1 enzyme reverse transcriptase (RT) is a major target for antiviral drug development, with over half of current FDA-approved therapeutics against HIV infection targeting the DNA polymerase activity of this enzyme. HIV-1 RT is a multifunctional enzyme
Michael A. Parniak +4 more
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eLife, 2022 In plants, selfish genetic elements, including retrotransposons and DNA viruses, are transcriptionally silenced by RNA-directed DNA methylation. Guiding the process are short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) cut by DICER-LIKE 3 (DCL3) from double-stranded ...
Andrew Loffer +5 more
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Role of RNA Interference (RNAi) in the Moss Physcomitrella patens [PDF]
, 2013 RNA interference (RNAi) is a mechanism that regulates genes by either transcriptional (TGS) or posttranscriptional gene silencing (PTGS), required for genome maintenance and proper development of an organism.
Arif, Muhammad Asif +2 more
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