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Mol Cell Biol
1994 Feb 01;142:888-95. doi: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.888-895.1994.
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Mechanisms of overlap formation in nonhomologous DNA end joining.
Pfeiffer P
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Thode S
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Hancke J
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Vielmetter W
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Rejoining of nonhomologous DNA termini plays a central role in processes of illegitimate recombination. In Xenopus egg extracts, DNA ends with noncomplementary 4-nucleotide antiparallel single-strand protrusions are assumed to be joined by formation of short mismatched overlap intermediates. The extents of these overlaps may be set by single fortuitously matching base pairs and determine the patterns of subsequent gap filling and nick ligation. Under conditions of alternative overlap settings, rules for the most probable joining pathway and the effects of mismatches on junction formation were analyzed. We show that in certain cases, fill-in and ligation converting overlap intermediates into covalently closed junctions may proceed in the presence of unrepaired mismatches, whereas in other cases, completion of junction formation is preceded by removal of mismatches. Results are discussed in relation with "alignment" proteins postulated to structurally support overlap heteroduplexes during junction formation.
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