Guidelines for DNA recombination and repair studies: Mechanistic assays of DNA repair processes

Genetic recombination as DNA repair

Maintenance of sexual reproduction and genetic recombination imposes physiological costs when compared to parthenogenic reproduction, most prominently: for maintaining the corresponding (molecular) machinery, for finding a mating partner, and through the decreased fraction of females in a population, which decreases the reproductive capacity. Based on principles from information theory, we have...

Plant DNA repair and recombination on the French Mediterranean. Workshop on plant DNA repair & recombination.

Genome Stability: DNA Repair and Recombination

Gene Control, second edition, is a concise book that focuses on gene expression and regulation in eukaryotes. Synonymous with the first edition, the chapters build on themselves, culminating in a discussion correlating gene control in regard to human health and disease. The author uses illustrations where appropriate, focusing on simplistic figures that correlate DNA, RNA, and regulatory protei...

DNA in 3R: Repair, Replication, and Recombination

This special issue entitled “DNA in 3R: Repair, Replication, and Recombination” is dedicated to biological processes that preserve the integrity of our genome. These phenomena have attracted broad interest among a large community of scientists that cross disciplines from mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology to clinical scientists. DNA is continuously exposed to a range of damaging agent...

DNA-Repair Capacity in Down\'s Syndrome

Down's syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal abnormality in human. Subjects with DS are known to be peridisposed to develop leukemia. The molecular basis of the association between DS and leukemia is unknown. The unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) test measure the ability of DNA-repair in mammalian cells after excision of a stretch of DNA containing the region of damage induced by chemical ...