Gene Specific Dna Repair

DNA修复可以在整个基因组水平上、在特定区域、在特定基因或在转录的DNA中进行研究。我们一直对基因中发生的修复以及它如何与基因功能和细胞存活相关感兴趣。我们已经研究了必需基因和各种结构基因的修复。我们还研究了修复是否优先与核基质相关的基因。这似乎是因为我们在细胞结构的该部分中检查的基因被有效修复的情况。线虫是研究衰老的一个非常有用的模型系统。有许多种有用的突变体，包括一些寿命延长的突变体。这些寿命增加的突变体也对各种细胞损伤具有超抵抗力，包括紫外线照射和氧化应激。通过对线虫不同基因区域的基因特异性分析，我们试图阐明线虫寿命的延长是否与基因特异性DNA修复的增加有关

Summary of work: DNA repair can bes studied at the level of the whole genome, in specific regions, in specific genes, or in transcribed DNA. We have had an ongoing interest in the repair that takes place in genes and how it relates to gene function and cellular survival. We have examined the repair of essential genes and in various structural genes. We also examined whether repair was preferential in genes associated with the nuclear matrix. this appears to be the case as genes we have examined in that part of the cell structure are efficiently repaired. The nematode has been a very useful model system for the study of aging. There are useful mutants of many kinds including some with increased life span. These mutants with increased life span also are hyper resistant to various kinds of cellular damage, including UV irradiation and oxidative stress. By gene specific analysis of various gene regions in the nematode we seek to clarify whether the increased life span is associated with an increase in gene specific DNA repair