MutSα maintains the mismatch repair capability by inhibiting PCNA unloading

Eukaryotic mismatch repair (MMR) utilizes single-strand breaks as signals to target the strand to be repaired. DNA-bound PCNA is also presumed to direct MMR. The MMR capability must be limited to a post-replicative temporal window during which the signals are available. However, both identity of the...

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Main Authors: Kawasoe, Yoshitaka, Tsurimoto, Toshiki, Nakagawa, Takuro, Masukata, Hisao, Takahashi, Tatsuro S
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942255/