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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
Chromatin structure has a crucial role in processes of metabolism, including transcription, DNA replication and DNA damage repair. An evolutionarily conserved variant of histone H2A, called H2AX, is one of the key components of chromatin. H2AX becomes rapidly phosphorylated on chromatin surrounding DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Recent studies have shown that H2AX and other components of damaged chromatin also become modified by acetylation and ubiquitylation. This review discusses how specific combinations of histone modifications affect the accumulation and function of DNA repair factors (MDC1, RNF8, RNF168, 53BP1, BRCA1) and chromatin remodeling complexes (INO80, SWR1, TIP60-p400) at DSBs. These collectively regulate DSB repair and checkpoint arrest, avoiding genomic instability and oncogenic transformation in higher eukaryotes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1879-3088
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Crosstalk between histone modifications during the DNA damage response.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC, Leiden, the Netherlands. h.van.attikum@lumc.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't