Inverted repeat-stimulated sister-chromatid exchange events are RAD1-independent but reduced in a msh2 mutant.
Inverted repeat-stimulated sister-chromatid exchange events are RAD1-independent but reduced in a msh2 mutant.
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反向重复刺激的姐妹染色单体交换事件与 RAD1 无关,但在 msh2 突变体中减少。
DOI:
10.1093/nar/gki835
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
Tronnes,Ashlie
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作者:
Nag,DilipK;Fasullo,Michael;Dong,Zheng;Tronnes,Ashlie
Inverted repeats (IRs) and trinucleotide repeats (TNRs) that have the potential to form secondary structuresin vivoare known to cause genome rearrangements. Expansions of TNRs in humans are associated with several neurological disorders. Both IRs and TNRs stimulate spontaneous unequal sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) in yeast. Secondary structure-associated SCE events occur via double-strand break repair. Here we show that the rate of spontaneous IR-stimulated unequal SCE events in yeast is significantly reduced in strains with mutations in the mismatch repair genesMSH2orMSH3, but unaffected by a mutation in the nucleotide excision-repair geneRAD1. Non-IR-associated unequal SCE events are increased in both MMR- andrad1-mutant cells; however, SCE events for both IR- and non-IR-containing substrates occur at a higher level in theexo1background. Our results suggest that spontaneous SCE occurs by a template switching mechanism. Like IRs, TNRs have been shown to generate double-strand breaks (DSBs) in yeast. TNR expansions in mice areMSH2-dependent. Since IR-mediated SCE events are reduced inmsh2cells, we propose that TNR expansion mutations arise when DSBs are repaired using the sister or the homolog as a template.