Genome Integrity
Cells and viruses maintain a genome capable of multiplication, variation and heredity. A genome consists of chromosomes, each being built up of two complementary strands of nucleic acid known as DNA. Its chemical integrity, however, is under constant assa
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Genome Integrity Facets and Perspectives Volume Editor: Dirk-Henner Lankenau
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Series and Volume Editor: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Dirk-Henner Lankenau Hinterer Rindweg 21 68526 Ladenburg Germany e-mail: [email protected]
Cover The cover illustration depicts two key events of DNA repair: 1. The ribbon model shows the structure of the termini of two Rad50 coiled-coil domains, joined via two zinc hooks at a zentral zinc ion(sphere). The metal dependent joining of two Rad50 coiled-coils is a central step in the capture and repair of DNA double-strand breaks by the Rad50/Mre11/Nbs1 (MRN) damage sensor complex. 2. Immunolocalization of histone variant γ -H2Av in γ -irradiated nuclei of Drosophila germline cells. Fluorescent foci indicate one of the earliest known responses to DNA double-strand break formation and sites of DNA repair. (provided by Karl-Peter Hopfner, Munich and Dirk-Henner Lankenau, Heidelberg)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2006935268
ISSN 1861-3373 ISBN-10 3-540-37528-7 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-37528-9 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York DOI 10.1007/b104871
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Preface
Genome dynamics and stability are the non plus ultra requirements for cellular life. No matter whether life began with metabolism, with self-replicating genetic molecules, or as a cooperative chemical phenomenon, all cells and viruses maintain a genome capable of multiplication, variation and heredity. A population of living entities with these properties will evolve by natural selection, and while modern metabolism supplies the monomers from which genomes (i.e. replicators) are made, genomes alter the kinds of chemical reactions occurring in metabolism (Maynard Smith and Szathmary 1997). This book deals with DNA repair and replication. Together with two other planned volume
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